Yvonne Turner

Yvonne Turner (born October 13, 1987) is an American-Hungarian professional basketball player for Çukurova Basketbol. She previously played with the Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team from 2006 to 2010. Turner played professionally outside of the U.S. as well, including time in Australia, Ecuador, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Spain, Turkey. In Hungary during the 2016–17 season, she led the EuroLeague in scoring while playing with Uniqa Sopron.

Yvonne Turner
No. 22 – Çukurova Basketbol
PositionGuard
LeagueTurkish Super League
EuroCup Women
Personal information
Born (1987-10-13) October 13, 1987
Omaha, Nebraska
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight131 lb (59 kg)
Career information
High schoolBellevue East (Bellevue, Nebraska)
CollegeNebraska (2006–2010)
WNBA draft2010 / Undrafted
Playing career2010–present
Career history
2010–2012Eisvögel USC Freiburg
2012–2013WBC Dynamo Novosibirsk
2013–2014Antakya Belediyespor
2015CDB Zaragoza
2015–2016Wisła Can-Pack Kraków
2016–2019Sopron Basket
2017–2019Phoenix Mercury
2019–2020Nadezhda Orenburg
2020–2021Flammes Carolo Basket
2021–presentÇukurova Basketbol
Career highlights and awards
  • Big 12 Co-Defensive Player of the Year (2010)
  • First-team All-Big 12 (2010)
  • 3× Big 12 All-Defensive team (2008–2010)
Stats at WNBA.com

Nebraska statistics

Source[1]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2006-07 Nebraska 28 65 33.9% 25.9% 60.0% 1.6 0.7 0.6 0.1 2.3
2007-08 Nebraska 33 277 44.4% 32.5% 65.8% 3.3 2.3 2.5 0.3 8.4
2008-09 Nebraska 31 364 37.5% 31.8% 70.4% 3.4 1.8 2.2 0.3 11.7
2009-10 Nebraska 34 395 39.8% 36.4% 66.2% 3.4 1.6 1.9 0.1 11.6
Career 126 1101 39.7% 11.1% 66.9% 17.7 1.6 1.8 0.2 8.7

2017

Turner made her WNBA debut in 2017 with Phoenix. She averaged 5.1 points and 12.8 minutes per game in her 34 appearances, which included four starts. Turner scored a season high of 18 on July 17 at Minnesota in a loss.

Personal

Turner grew up in Omaha, Nebraska and graduated from Bellevue East High School in Bellevue, Nebraska.[2] She became one of the oldest players to make their debut in the WNBA when she signed with Phoenix.[3]

References
  1. "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  2. Vailliencourt, Andrew (July 24, 2017). "After 7 years overseas, WNBA's oldest rookie gets shot with Mercury". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  3. Planos, Josh (June 24, 2017). "For W.N.B.A.'s Oldest Rookie, a Lot of Persistence Goes a Long Way". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 April 2018.


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