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Yvonne Turner

WNBA CAREER
Three-year WNBA player having spent the 2019, 2018 and 2017 seasons in Phoenix
Initially signed with Phoenix as a free agent on February 8, 2017
Has appeared in 95 career regular-season games, earning the start in 21 of them…played in all 34 games in 2017 and missed first two games of 2018 with calf injury…played 29 games in 2019, missing five for an overseas commitment
Career averages of 5.2 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game
Scored a career-high 22 points and dished seven assist in the victory over Washington on August 4, 2019
Scored 18 points with a career-high 10 assists in her first career double-double in Phoenix’s win against the Aces on May 31, 2019
Set new career-highs in points, field goals made, field goals attempted, three-point field goals attempted, free-throws made, free-throws attempted, assists and minutes played in 2019
Grabbed a career-high nine rebounds on June 30, 2018 at Washington…notched a career high in defensive rebounds with eight that game
Finished third among all rookies in 2017 in shooting percentage after shooting 41.0-percent (66-of-161) from the field
2019 SEASON
Appeared in 29 games, starting in in 14 of those contests…missed five games due to an overseas commitment
Averaged career highs in points (6.4), minutes (20.5), rebounds (2.8) and assists (2.3), while shooting a career-best 32.9 percent (26-of-79) from three-point range and a career-high 87.8 percent (43-of-49) form the free throw line
Ranked fifth among undrafted players in points per game (6.4)
Scored in double figures in four consecutive games for the first time in her career from August 10-18
Scored a career-high 22 points and dished seven assist in the victory over Washington on August 4, 2019…finished four-of-five from three-point range in the game
Scored 18 points to go along with a career-high 10 assists in her first career double-double in Phoenix’s win against the Aces on May 31, 2019
Set new career-highs in points, field goals made, field goals attempted, three-point field goals attempted, free-throws made, free-throws attempted, assists and minutes played in 2019
Finished with six points, four rebounds and three assists in the Mercury’s only playoff game on September 11 in Chicago
2018 SEASON
Appeared in 32 games in 2018, earning the start in three of them…missed the first two games of the season with a calf injury
Averaged 8.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.3 assists in her three starts
Averaged 4.1 points per game, while recording career-bests in rebounding (1.8 rpg) and assists (1.3 apg)
Scored a season-high 12 points on June 30 at Washington
Nearly recorded triple-doubles in back-to-back games (seven points, eight rebounds, seven assists on June 29 at Indiana and 12 points, nine rebounds, six assists on June 30 at Washington)
Set career highs in rebounds (9 &#8211; June 30 at Washington), assists (7 – June 29 at Indiana), steals (4 – May 30 vs. Washington), minutes played (34 – July 25 vs. Chicago), defensive rebounds (8 &#8211; June 30 at Washington) and offensive rebounds (4 – June 29 at Indiana)
Appeared in all seven playoff games, starting in three of them…averaged 6.9 points, 1.9 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game
Scored a playoff career-best 19 points twice in the playoffs (Game 3 of WNBA Semifinals vs. Seattle on August 31 and Game 5 of WNBA Semifinals at Seattle on September 4)
In addition to scoring 19 points during Game 3 of WNBA Semifinals, recorded playoff career highs in rebounds (7) and assists (6) that game
2017 SEASON
Appeared in all 34 games for the Mercury…only 10 rookies in franchise history had appeared in every game during first season entering 2017…started in final four games of the season…Mercury went 3-1 during that time
Averaged 5.1 points, 1.0 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game
Scored a career-high 18 points on July 16 at Minnesota after coming off the bench…finished seven-of-12 (58.3-percent) from the field, including a three-of-six mark from three-point range
Finished third among all WNBA rookies in field goal percentage (41.0-pecent), fifth in scoring (5.1 ppg) and fifth in free throw percentage (76.3-percent)
Started in all five of the Mercury’s playoff games…ranked fourth on the team in scoring per game (9.8) during the playoffs, while also averaging 2.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game
COLLEGE CAREER
Four-year standout at the University of Nebraska from 2006-2010
Named to the Big-12 All-Defensive Team three times and voted as Big-12 Co-Defensive Player of the Year following her senior season
Became sixth player in program history to finish career with at least 1,000 points, 200 assists and 200 steals
Finished her time at Nebraska ranked second in career three-point field goals (183), second in three-point field goals in a season (57, 2009) and ranked fifth on the all-time career steals list (229)
INTERNATIONAL
Played for Uniqa Sopron for a third consecutive WNBA offseason in 2018-19…led Sopron to the EuroLeague Final Four and averaged a team-high 13.8 points, 3.8 rebounds and 5.3 assists in 18 EuroLeague games
Played for Uniqa Sopron in Hungary for a second straight WNBA offseason in 2017-18&#8230;led Sopron to the EuroLeague Championship game where the team fell to UMMC Ekaterinburg&#8230;averaged 14.8 points, 2.8 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.2 steals in EuroLeague play
Played alongside Mercury center Cayla George during 2016-17 WNBA offseason for Uniqa Sopron in Hungary
Led the EuroLeague in scoring during 2016-17 season at 18.8 points per game, ranking just ahead of Diana Taurasi, who finished second in the league in scoring with a 17.9 ppg mark
Finished as one of only two players (Allie Quigley) in the EuroLegaue to rank in the top-10 in both scoring and assists per game (5.1), while also ranking in the top-10 in steals per game (2.0)
Has also seen overseas stints in Australia, Germany, Russia, Ecuador, Turkey, Spain and Poland
PERSONAL
Born October 13, 1987 in Omaha, Nebraska
Daughter of Euvon Turner and Vanessa Johnson and stepfather Jay Johnson
Has three brothers (Anthony Canion, Robert Canion and Euvon Turner) and one sister (Alishya Turner)
Majored in Child, Youth and Family studies while minoring in education while at Nebraska

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