| Guard / forward | |
| Born | June 8, 1984 Cleveland, Ohio |
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| Nationality | USA |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 183 lb (83 kg) |
| College | Connecticut |
| Draft | 11th overall, 2006 Seattle Storm |
| WNBA Teams | |
| Seattle Storm (2006) Houston Comets (2007) Connecticut Sun (2008) |
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| Awards and Honors | |
| First Team All-American (2002) First Team McDonald’s All-American (2002) Gatorade Ohio Player of the Year (2002) Ms. Ohio Basketball (2002) BIG EAST All-Rookie (2003) |
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Barbara Renee Turner (born on June 8, 1984 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American professional basketball player. She plays for Tarsus[1] in Turkey and formerly the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA. A small forward, she is 6 feet (1.83 m) tall and 78 kg weight.
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Turner played for East Tech High School in Cleveland, Ohio, where she was named a WBCA All-American.[2] She participated in the 2002 WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored thirteen points.[3]
In her last NCAA Tournament run, Barbara Turner was unable to get her Connecticut team back to the pinnacle of women's college basketball after helping UConn win NCAA Championships in 2003 and 2004. The Huskies' 2006 Final Four bid fell short in overtime against Duke in the Elite Eight, with Turner unable to play down the stretch because of debilitating cramps.
Turner's dominant postseason - she averaged 22.8 points and 10.5 rebounds in the NCAA Tournament - secured her a spot in the first round of the 2006 WNBA Draft when Turner was taken 11th overall by the Seattle Storm. She quickly made the transition from power forward to small forward in the WNBA, starting 9 games as a rookie and appearing in all 34 games during the 2006 season, averaging 6.4 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.4 assists.
On May 16, 2007, Turner was waived by the Seattle Storm, and two weeks later she was signed by the Houston Comets. During the 2007 season, Turner played in 22 games, averaging 4.2 points and 1.9 rebounds.
On March 6, 2008, Turner was re-signed by the Comets, then traded to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for Megan Mahoney.[1]
| Barabara Turner Statistics[5] at University of Connecticut | |||||||||||||||||||
| Year | G | FG | FGA | PCT | 3FG | 3FGA | PCT | FT | FTA | PCT | REB | AVG | A | TO | B | S | MIN | PTS | AVG |
| 2002-03 | 38 | 134 | 269 | 0.489 | 9 | 30 | 0.300 | 102 | 149 | 0.685 | 220 | 5.8 | 45 | 75 | 18 | 22 | 795 | 379 | 10.0 |
| 2003-04 | 35 | 177 | 330 | 0.536 | 19 | 47 | 0.404 | 105 | 158 | 0.665 | 167 | 4.8 | 105 | 71 | 14 | 30 | 933 | 478 | 13.7 |
| 2004-05 | 29 | 126 | 241 | 0.523 | 5 | 21 | 0.238 | 63 | 95 | 0.663 | 140 | 4.8 | 44 | 55 | 22 | 24 | 638 | 320 | 11.0 |
| 2005-06 | 36 | 170 | 312 | 0.545 | 12 | 40 | 0.300 | 100 | 140 | 0.714 | 270 | 7.5 | 85 | 63 | 28 | 35 | 973 | 452 | 12.6 |
| Totals | 138 | 607 | 1152 | 0.527 | 45 | 138 | 0.326 | 370 | 542 | 0.683 | 797 | 5.8 | 279 | 264 | 82 | 111 | 3339 | 1629 | 11.8 |
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