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Barbara Turner
Junior
6-0 Forward/Guard
Cleveland, OH/East Technical HS

At Connecticut
Enters junior season as one of the top preseason candidates for the Wooden Award and the Wade Trophy - both which honor the nation’s national player of the year....was a second-team All-BIG EAST choice as a sophomore and was selected to the East Region All-Tournament Team after a 26-point performance on 8-of-11 shooting vs. Penn State in the 2004 East Regional Final....expected to be a major presence both inside and outside in 2004-05...team’s top returning scorer...has scored double-figure points 44 times in her career...boasts four career double-doubles...has scored 20 or more points five times in her career...enters 2004-05 just 143 points shy of 1,000 for her career.

2003-04 Season
Second Team All-BIG EAST choice...named to East Region All-Tournament Team...led BIG EAST with .536 (177-330) field goal percentage...scored double-figure points 26 times...posted two double-doubles on the season...scored at least 20 points four times..averaged 13.7 points per game as a sophomore, which ranked second on the squad...shot a team-high 158 free throws...ranked second on the squad with 4.8 rebounds per game...logged 12 points and nine rebounds in national championship game vs. Tennessee (4/6)...registered seven points and four rebounds vs. Minnesota in the national semifinals (4/4)...came one point shy of her career high with 26 points against Penn State in the East Region Final (3/29)...also nailed a career-best four 3-pointers vs. the Lady Lions (3/29)...posted 13 points, six rebounds and six assists vs. Pennsylvania in NCAA First Round (3/21)...recorded 17 points on 7-of-14 shooting in NCAA second round vs. Auburn (3/23)...tallied 13 points and four rebounds vs. Virginia Tech (3/7) in BIG EAST quarterfinals....registered 12 points and four rebounds while adding five assists and three steals vs. Boston College in BIG EAST semifinals (3/8)...notched second double-double of season with 14 points and 12 rebounds while shooting 6-of-7 overall vs. West Virginia (3/2)...poured in a game-high 25 points on 9-of-15 shooting including 3-of-4 from three point range at Villanova (2/28)...scored a career-high 27 points on 12-for-15 shooting in a career-high 36 minutes of action at Rutgers (2/14), and added eight rebounds...posted a team-high 13 points while shooting 5-of-8 overall at Syracuse (2/11)...registered 16 points, while matching career high with 16 field goal attempts, and added nine rebounds and three assists in win at No. 1/1 Tennessee (2/5)...tallied season high 21 points while shooting 9-of-16 overall in win at Seton Hall (1/24)...made 11 free throws vs. Boston College (1/17) - fourth-highest single-game total in UConn history...was a perfect 11-for-11 from the free throw line vs. Boston College (1/17) - third-most free throws made by a player who was perfect from the charity stripe in a game in UConn annals...fell just shy of a double-double with her 15 point and eight rebound performance against Duke (1/3)...tallied 19 points, including 17 in the first half at Saint Joseph’s (12/21)...notched a then-season high in points (17) and offensive rebounds (4) in UConn’s victory at USC (12/7)...registered third career double-double and first of 2003-04 with 16 points and 11 rebounds at Pepperdine (12/5)...attempted a career-high 11 free throws in win over Florida State (11/25)...dished out a career-best seven assists in win over Western Michigan (11/23)...shot 7-of-11 from the field with 16 points, nine rebounds and six assists in exhibition opener vs. Team Concept (11/8).

2002-03 Season
2003 NCAA Tournament East Regional All-Tournament Team... 2002-03 BIG EAST All-Rookie Team...saw action in all 38 games, while making seven collegiate starts...scored a collegiate high of 25 points in her first start of the season at Notre Dame and grabbed her career-high of 13 rebounds versus Notre Dame in Storrs (2/23/03)...notched her first collegiate double-double at St. John’s (2/4/03) with 11 rebounds and 15 points...had her second collegiate double-double versus Boston University (3/23/03) in the NCAA Tournament First Round...averaged 10.0 points per game, fourth on the team, and 5.8 rebounds per game... Averaged 9.5 points per game during six NCAA Tournament games...shot 49.8% from the field (134-269)...was named BIG EAST Rookie of the Week four times in her first season...led the team in scoring six times and rebounding eight times.

High School
A two-time All-American from East Technical High School under head coach William Stovall...named a 2002 First Team All-American by USA TODAY, WBCA, and Parade Magazine...also named a First Team McDonald’s All-American and played in the inaugural High School All-American game...2002 Gatorade Ohio Player of the Year and Ms. Ohio Basketball...2002 Naismith Player of the Year finalist...averaged 23.5 points.