Barbara Turner (basketball)

Barbara Renee Turner (born June 8, 1984) is a former American professional basketball player currently working as an assistant coach for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She acquired US / Turkish dual citizenship while playing in Turkey; her name in Turkish is spelled Bahar Öztürk.

High school
Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Turner played for East Technical High School in Cleveland, where she was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2002 WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored thirteen points.

College
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.

USA Basketball
Turner was named to the team representing the US at the 2003 Pan American Games. The team lost the opening game to Cuba, then rebounded to win their next five games, including an overtime win against Brazil. They then faced Cuba for the gold medal, falling short 75–64 to take home the silver medal. Turner averaged 5.4 points per game.

College highlights

 * 2003 Big East All-Rookie Team
 * 2004 All-Big East Second Team
 * 2005 All-Big East Honorable Mention
 * 2005 Most Outstanding of Big East Tournament
 * 2005 Big East All-Tournament Team

WNBA career
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.

European career

 * 2006   : 🇮🇱 A.S. Ramat-Hasharon
 * 2006–2007: 🇹🇷 Fenerbahçe Istanbul
 * 2008–2009: 🇹🇷 Tarsus Belediyesi
 * 2009–2010: 🇹🇷 Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi
 * 2010–2012: 🇹🇷 Kayseri Kaski S.K.
 * 2012–2013: 🇹🇷 Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi
 * 2013–2014: 🇹🇷 Botaş SK
 * 2014 🇹🇷Galatasaray OdeaBank,
 * 2014–2015: 🇹🇷 Orduspor
 * 2015–2018: 🇹🇷 Hatay BŞB

Vital statistics

 * Position: Small forward
 * Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
 * High School: East Technical High School in Cleveland, Ohio
 * College: University of Connecticut
 * Team(s): Seattle Storm 2006, Houston Comets 2007, Connecticut Sun 2008

Coaching career
On September 26, 2021, Turner joined the Houston Rockets coaching staff as a player development coach.

Awards

 * Ohio Ms. Basketball (2004) awarded by Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association

Regular season

 * align="left" | 2006
 * align="left" | Seattle
 * 34||9||18.3||44.7||25.0||83.1||2.5||1.4||0.4||0.2||1.4||6.4
 * align="left" | 2007
 * align="left" | Houston
 * 22||2||12.0||40.3||23.3||65.9||1.9||0.9||0.4||0.2||1.0||4.2
 * align="left" | 2008
 * align="left" | Connecticut
 * 34||6||19.5||41.7||37.3||77.5||3.2||1.5||0.4||0.4||1.2||8.0
 * align="left" | 2009
 * align="left" | Connecticut
 * 7||0||20.6||20.5||16.0||80.0||2.1||2.0||0.7||0.0||0.6||4.0
 * align="left" | Career
 * align="left" | 4 years, 3 teams
 * 97||17||17.4||40.7||30.5||77.4||2.6||1.4||0.4||0.2||1.2||6.3
 * 7||0||20.6||20.5||16.0||80.0||2.1||2.0||0.7||0.0||0.6||4.0
 * align="left" | Career
 * align="left" | 4 years, 3 teams
 * 97||17||17.4||40.7||30.5||77.4||2.6||1.4||0.4||0.2||1.2||6.3
 * 97||17||17.4||40.7||30.5||77.4||2.6||1.4||0.4||0.2||1.2||6.3

Playoffs

 * align="left" | 2006
 * align="left" | Seattle
 * 3||0||17.7||33.3||33.3||0.0||2.7||1.7||0.3||0.7||0.0||2.3
 * align="left" | 2008
 * align="left" | Connecticut
 * 3||0||19.0||22.7||28.6||100.0||3.3||0.3||0.0||0.3||1.0||5.3
 * align="left" | Career
 * align="left" | 2 years, 2 teams
 * 6||0||18.3||25.8||29.4||100.0||3.0||1.0||0.2||0.5||0.5||3.8
 * align="left" | Career
 * align="left" | 2 years, 2 teams
 * 6||0||18.3||25.8||29.4||100.0||3.0||1.0||0.2||0.5||0.5||3.8