Janine Pontejos is noted as a homegrown player who have never played in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) basketball championship.

Her first competitive experience in the sport was as a varsity player of De La Salle Lipa.

[4][5] In the 2022 season, she helped the Philippine Army Lady Battalions clinch the WNBL title.

[11] In 2024, she became the head coach of the Scorpions leading them to a Women's National Collegiate Athletic Association (WNCAA) title.

The Scorpions joined the inaugural tournament of the Women's Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League in 2025.