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- ↑ "Washington State's Bella Murekatete named 2022 Pac-12 Women's Basketball co-Most Improved Player of the Year". Yahoo! Sports . 1 March 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- 1 2 Elliott, Jason (15 November 2018). "A good day to be a Cougar". Coeur d'Alene Press . Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ↑ "African Women Under 16 Championship (2015)". Afrobasket.com. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
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- ↑ Mugabe, Bonnie (20 August 2018). "Murekatete Named In All-Star Five As Rwanda Manages A Historic Fourth-Place". KT Press. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
