BOZEMAN — Ethan Bell, the former Chinook all-stater who spent the past three seasons at Miles Community College, has committed to continuing his basketball career at Crowley’s Ridge College, a private Christian school in Paragould, Arkansas.
Bell, a Gros Ventre/Assiniboine tribal member who overcame hardships on and off the court to complete two degrees at MCC, announced his decision Saturday. He told 406 MT Sports he chose Crowley’s Ridge over Montana State-Northern, William Penn and Sterling College (Kansas).
“The coaching staff heavily expressed to me that they feel that I’m the missing piece to their team,” said Bell, a 5-foot-11 guard. “They missed the playoffs by one game and I believe I can help them make that next jump.”
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Bell started 31 games for the Pioneers. averaging 7.6 points, 2.3 and ranking among the Mon-Dak Conference leaders with 3.5 assists per game. He shot 49% from two-point range, 40% from behind the 3-point arc and was in double figures 15 times.
Bell was two-time Class C all-state and helped Chinook to its first state tournament berth in 33 years in 2019.
Bell said he plans to major in sports management at Crowley’s Ridge, also the Pioneers. The team, under 17th-year coach Chris Perkins, was 7-21 overall and 3-9 in a conference of Christian schools in the southeast.
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