Ohio State’s Kierstan Bell to enter transfer portal
By Ben Rosof
Another big fish in the transfer sea
Ohio State freshman guard Kierstan Bell will enter the transfer portal, she announced Wednesday. The former five-star recruit took to Twitter to break the news, posting a message to her teammates, coaches and others at the university.
— KB 🦍 (@Dotmug_330) March 25, 2020
Bell was the eighth-ranked recruit in the class of 2019, according to ESPN’s HoopGurlz, and the Buckeyes’ highest in what finished to be the fourth-ranked class in the country.
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She made an immediate impact in the Ohio State lineup, starting ten games during the 2019-20 season and finishing as the team’s second and third-leading scorer and rebounder, respectively, at 10.9 points and 4.4 rebounds per game. She was awarded Honorable Mention All-Big Ten and named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team.
Bell helped the Buckeyes finish in a tie for fifth in the Big Ten standings and advance to the conference tournament championship game, where they fell to No. 1 seed Maryland.
Luckily for Ohio State, they return leading scorer Dorka Juhász who averaged 13.2 points per game this season. In addition, the Buckeyes welcome another five-star recruit to Columbus next year in Kateri Poole, a 5’8″ guard from New York.
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