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Jack Animam gains another title, as Shih Hsin claims UBA crown

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<p>National University standout Jack Animam continues to rack up the championships, regardless of where she is playing.</p><p>Animam, a standout for the Lady Bulldogs and the Gilas Pilipinas Women&#x27;s Team, helped Shih Hsin University secure another championship in the University Basketball Alliance (UBA) in Taiwan on Sunday night.</p><p>SHU rolled to a 70-51 victory over Taiwan Normal University, allowing them to clinch the title in record fashion. </p><p>The team won all 18 of their games in the competition, including 11 in the preliminaries, five more in the second round, before crushing Fo Guang University, 82-42, in the semifinals.</p><p>Against Taiwan Normal University, Animam racked up 18 points on 8-of-17 shooting while grabbing 20 rebounds and dishing out four assists. </p><p>&quot;I really love and enjoyed playing with them,&quot; Animam said of her team. &quot;Even though I&#x27;ve been here only for five or six months, we had that chemistry already, both inside and outside.&quot;</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s just so happy and it&#x27;s so easy, going up there, fighting. I know I have their back, and they know I have theirs,&quot; she added.</p><p>SHU&#x27;s defense limited their foes to just six points in the fourth quarter, allowing them to pull away after Taiwan Normal had come to within eight points, 53-45, at the end of the third.</p><p>Animam adds the UBA title to the five UAAP championships that she won with the NU Lady Bulldogs. </p><div><strong>Watch the replay of the game here:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GVsG7dSgMzA?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Jack Animam helped Shih Hsin University secure another championship in the University Basketball Alliance in Taiwan.</p>

Jack Animam helped Shih Hsin University secure another championship in the University Basketball Alliance in Taiwan.