Just how much Jack Animam's return has energized the Gilas Pilipinas women's team could be gleaned from the way team captain Janine Pontejos tried to wrap her spindly arms around the national squad's globetrotting star. 'She's back,' Pontejos said, 'and she gives us a lot more confidence.' The 6-foot-3 center has been out of the national program for quite some time after career opportunities opened for her and health concerns kept her out of the court. Animam played professionally in Serbia and then suffered an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury that took a while to rehab because the coronavirus pandemic struck.

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