Yvonne Turner (born October 13, 1987) is an American-Hungarian professional basketball player who plays for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA and 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. She has played the Phoenix Mercury, Minnesota Lynx, and the Atlanta Dream during her time in the WNBA.
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Position | Guard |
League | WNBA |
Personal information | |
Born | (1987-10-13) October 13, 1987 (age 35) Omaha, Nebraska |
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Listed weight | 131 lb (59 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Bellevue East (Bellevue, Nebraska) |
College | Nebraska (2006–2010) |
WNBA draft | 2010 / Undrafted |
Playing career | 2010–present |
Career history | |
2010–2012 | Eisvögel USC Freiburg |
2012–2013 | WBC Dynamo Novosibirsk |
2013–2014 | Antakya Belediyespor |
2015 | CDB Zaragoza |
2015–2016 | Wisła Can-Pack Kraków |
2016–2019 | Sopron Basket |
2017–2019 | Phoenix Mercury |
2019–2020 | Nadezhda Orenburg |
2020–2021 | Flammes Carolo Basket |
2021–present | Çukurova Basketbol |
2022 | Minnesota Lynx |
2022 | Atlanta Dream |
2022-Present | Phoenix Mercury |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at WNBA.com | |
Source[1]
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 |
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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 |
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.
Turner signed a training camp contract on February 18, 2022, with the Minnesota Lynx.[2] Turner was waived from camp on May 3, but was brought back on a hardship contract due to the Lynx having multiple players missing due to overseas commitments or injuries.[3][4] Turner was released from her hardship contract with the Lynx on May 16, 2022.
On June 23, 2022, Turner signed a hardship contract with the Dream.[5] Turner appeared in 2 games for the Dream before being released from her Hardship Contract on June 27, 2022.
Turner signed with the Mercury on a Hardship Contract on August 8, 2022. The Mercury were able to sign her due to Diana Taurasi's season-ending injury.[6]
Legend | |||||||
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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 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2017 | Phoenix | 34 | 4 | 12.8 | .410 | .241 | .763 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 5.1 |
2018 | Phoenix | 32 | 3 | 13.3 | .376 | .324 | .682 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 4.1 |
2019 | Phoenix | 29 | 14 | 20.5 | .343 | .329 | .878 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 6.4 |
2022 | Minnesota | 4 | 2 | 22.0 | .308 | .429 | .857 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 6.3 |
2022 | Atlanta | 2 | 0 | 8.0 | .000 | .000 | .500 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Career | 4 years, 3 teams | 101 | 23 | 15.4 | .371 | .308 | .797 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 5.1 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2017 | Phoenix | 5 | 5 | 23.8 | .548 | .529 | .857 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 9.8 |
2018 | Phoenix | 7 | 3 | 20.1 | .432 | .208 | .556 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 6.9 |
2019 | Phoenix | 1 | 0 | 19.0 | .200 | .000 | 1.000 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 6.0 |
Career | 3 years, 1 team | 13 | 8 | 21.5 | .463 | .326 | .750 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 7.9 |
Turner grew up in Omaha, Nebraska and graduated from Bellevue East High School in Bellevue, Nebraska.[7] She became one of the oldest players to make their debut in the WNBA when she signed with Phoenix.[8]
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