Kenisha Bell is an American professional

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player. Bell began her college career at

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and then played for the

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. Professionally she played briefly with the

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Family and early years

Bell was born in Chicago, IL the daughter of Aishia Bell and Brian Townsend. She has nine brothers, three of whom play college basketball, and seven sisters. Her brother Brandon Bell ran track at Marquette University. She majored in communications at the

College career

After starting her college career with Marquette in 2014, Bell transferred to

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the following season. After redshirting her first year, Bell spent three seasons with Minnesota and made one trip to the NCAA tournament in the 2017–18 season.

Marquette and Minnesota statistics

Source

Professional career

Bell was drafted by the

with the 30th pick in the

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. She played two preseason games with the Lynx before being waived in end of May.

WNBA career statistics

Regular season

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External links

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