Brianna Turner

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Brianna Turner
File:20140402 MCDAAG Brianna Turner MVP (2) (cropped).JPG
Turner was MVP of the 2014 McDonald's All-American Game
No. 21 – Phoenix Mercury
Position Power forward
League WNBA
Personal information
Born (1996-07-05) July 5, 1996 (age 27)
Pearland, Texas
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight 170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High school Manvel (Manvel, Texas)
College Notre Dame (2014–2019)
WNBA draft 2019 / Round: 1 / Pick: 11th overall
Selected by the Atlanta Dream
Playing career 2019–present
Career history
2019–present Phoenix Mercury
2019–2020 Adelaide Lightning
2020–2021 Nika Syktyvkar
2021–present Virtus Bologna
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing the  United States
FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Women
Gold medal – first place 2012 U17 Amsterdam Team competition

Brianna Turner (born July 5, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for Virtus Bologna of the EuroCup Women. She played college women's basketball for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. She is a native of Pearland, Texas.[1]

She competed for the United States women's national basketball team at the 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship and the 2014 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship.

College

Turner played college basketball at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana for the Fighting Irish.[2] Turner led Notre Dame to the 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament as a #1 seed after a 30–3 regular season record. During a game against Purdue in the second round of the tournament, Turner ruptured her ACL and was done for the season. She later announced that she would miss the 2017–18 season because of the same injury. She returned for her final season of eligibility in 2018–19 after receiving a hardship waiver from the NCAA.[3]

Statistics

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2014–15 Notre Dame 36 – 25.5 .651 .000 .605 7.8 0.6 1.0 2.4 2.0 13.7
2015–16 Notre Dame 29 – 27.0 .593 .000 .639 7.3 0.9 0.8 3.0 1.4 14.5
2016–17 Notre Dame 35 – 28.6 .619 .000 .594 7.1 1.1 0.8 2.4 1.8 15.3
2017–18 Notre Dame Injured
2018–19 Notre Dame 39 – 27.8 .631 .000 .701 7.8 1.5 1.1 2.7 1.5 14.3
Career 139 – 27.3 .624 .000 .636 7.5 1.1 0.9 2.6 1.7 14.5

Career

WNBA

At the 2019 WNBA Draft, Turner was selected in the first round by the Atlanta Dream and was then quickly traded to the Phoenix Mercury.[4] There Turner would join a line-up featuring players such as Diana Taurasi and Brittney Griner. In September 2019, Turner was named to the 2019 All-Rookie Team.[5]

WNBL

In 2019, Turner was signed by the Adelaide Lightning in Australia's Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).[6] There she would play alongside the likes of Crystal Langhorne, Stephanie Talbot and Laura Hodges.

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career high League leader

WNBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2019 Phoenix 29 12 15.9 .538 .000 .731 4.1 0.5 0.2 0.7 0.6 4.0
2020 Phoenix 22 22 27.9 .579 .000 .643 9.0 1.8 1.1 2.0 1.4 7.2
2021 Phoenix 32 32 31.1 .554 .000 .717 9.4 1.8 0.8 1.3 1.5 7.8
Career 3 years, 1 team 83 66 24.9 .558 .000 .693 7.5 1.3 0.7 1.3 1.2 6.3

Postseason

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2019 Phoenix 1 1 23.0 .000 .000 .000 4.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
2020 Phoenix 2 2 39.5 .800 .000 .250 12.5 4.0 1.0 2.0 2.5 8.5
2021 Phoenix 11 11 31.5 .548 .000 .684 9.9 2.5 1.3 1.9 1.2 8.5
Career 3 years, 1 team 14 14 32.0 .565 .000 .609 9.9 2.6 1.1 1.9 1.3 7.9

References

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External links

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