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Bell a Two-Time AP Honorable Mention All-American
4/1/2019 4:06:00 PM | Women's Basketball
MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota redshirt senior Kenisha Bell has been named an honorable mention All-American by the Associated Press for the second straight season, it was announced Monday.
A consensus All-Big Ten First Team selection, Bell led the Gophers by averaging 19.1 points and 4.4 assists per game. She tied her own single-season school records for free throw attempts (255) this year, while she ranked second in team history in free throws made (179) and 10th in field goals attempted (528) and assists (140). Bell also averaged 5.9 rebounds and 2.0 steals per contest.
Through March 31, Bell ranked sixth nationally in free throw attempts and 10th in free throws made. In addition to leading to the Big Ten in both of those categories, she also ranked second in the conference in points scored (610), and third in scoring average, field goal attempts, field goals made (208), steals (63) and steals per game.
A member of the All-Big Ten Defensive Team for the second consecutive year, Bell led Minnesota with 15 20-point games this season and 30 games in double figures. She also had five double-doubles on the year.
Bell's honors the last two years gives the Gophers an AP All-American honoree in six of the last seven seasons. Rachel Banham earned honorable mention honors in 2013 and 2014, and first-team honors in 2016, while Amanda Zahui B. was a first-team selection in 2015.
Bell becomes the seventh Gopher to earn multiple All-America honors, joining Banham, Laura Coenen, Janel McCarville, Carol Ann Shudlick, current head coach Lindsay Whalen and Zahui B.
A consensus All-Big Ten First Team selection, Bell led the Gophers by averaging 19.1 points and 4.4 assists per game. She tied her own single-season school records for free throw attempts (255) this year, while she ranked second in team history in free throws made (179) and 10th in field goals attempted (528) and assists (140). Bell also averaged 5.9 rebounds and 2.0 steals per contest.
Through March 31, Bell ranked sixth nationally in free throw attempts and 10th in free throws made. In addition to leading to the Big Ten in both of those categories, she also ranked second in the conference in points scored (610), and third in scoring average, field goal attempts, field goals made (208), steals (63) and steals per game.
A member of the All-Big Ten Defensive Team for the second consecutive year, Bell led Minnesota with 15 20-point games this season and 30 games in double figures. She also had five double-doubles on the year.
Bell's honors the last two years gives the Gophers an AP All-American honoree in six of the last seven seasons. Rachel Banham earned honorable mention honors in 2013 and 2014, and first-team honors in 2016, while Amanda Zahui B. was a first-team selection in 2015.
Bell becomes the seventh Gopher to earn multiple All-America honors, joining Banham, Laura Coenen, Janel McCarville, Carol Ann Shudlick, current head coach Lindsay Whalen and Zahui B.
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