Fil-French connection: Louna Ozar eyeing Gilas Women stint

The Gilas Pilipinas women’s program has often looked to the United States to scout for talents to beef up the national team. The likes of versatile big Kelly Hayes and cerebral playmaker Ella Fajardo, who will be making her first senior team appearance in the FIBA Women’s Asia Cup this month, have deepened the talent pool for the Gilas women’s national squad.

Louna in the youngest of three children born to Leo, a Filipino from Camiguin who moved to France in 1995, and Anne, a French national who worked in the Philippines in the early 1990s. She has become quite good that she could have played for the French national team in the FIBA Under-16 Women’s European Championship in Portugal scheduled last year. Fortunately for the Philippines, the event was canceled due to the pandemic. Fortunately also for the Philippines, Louna was able to secure her Philippine passport last year, making her eligible to play for Gilas as a local.

“When her father reached out to us, we were excited and thankful that someone from France wants to be a member of Gilas,” said Aquino. “We were supposed to get her to play in the Under-18 FIBA 3x3 World Cup in Hungary last year but things here were so bad that the SBP had to cancel our participation,” said Aquino.

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