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2021-2022 Women's Basketball Roster

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21 Janay Turner

  • Height 5-8
  • Position G
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Chicago, Ill.
  • Last School Daytona State College

Biography

2021-22 (Sophomore)
Named to the NSU AD Honor Roll for the spring semester … Played in 28 games and started six, averaging 16.4 minutes per contest … Averaged 5.0 points and 1.6 rebounds per game … Finished second on the team with 33 made 3-pointers for the season, ranking eighth in the MEAC … Also stood 10th in the MEAC in 3-point percentage (.264) … Turned the ball over just 18 times for a total of 0.6 turnovers per game, the lowest rate of any NSU player that played at least ten games that season … Hit four 3-pointers in a game on four different occasions for the Spartans … Led or co-led the Spartans in scoring in four games … Recorded first double-digit scoring game of the season with an 11-point game against Ohio State, making three 3-pointers … Scored 14 points at South Carolina State on four threes … Knocked down four of her six 3-point attempts against MDES to for a career-high of 17 points, setting a new career-best of 20 points just two days later at Delaware State on an efficient 8-of-13 shooting rate … Scored 11 points and pulled in a career-high six rebounds at Morgan State … Recorded 12 points and a career-best three steals in the team’s first meeting with the Hornets.
 
2020-21 at Daytona Beach (COVID)
Played in 17 games and started 16, averaging 29.2 minutes per contest … Averaged 14.4 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.2 assist per game … Shot 82.4 percent from the free-throw line … Also averaged 1.1 steals per outing.

2019-20 at Daytona State (Freshman)
Played and started in 12 games, playing an average of 29 minutes a game … Averaged 16.8 points while shooting 44.8 percent from the floor … Also hit 35.4 percent from the 3-point line … Also contributed 3.2 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.
 
High School
Standout guard who attended Seton Academy for one season before moving on to Chicago Christian for her last three years … As a sophomore at Chicago Christian, Turner averaged 20 points, eight assists, seven rebounds and 1.8 steals per game … As a senior, averaged 15.8 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.2 steals per game.
 
Personal
Janay Kiara Turner was born Feb. 15, 2001 to Naomi and James Turner … Nickname is “Nay” … Has three brothers … Her father played basketball at Midland College … After graduating, Turner aspires to play in the WNBA or take over the family sports business.
 
CAREER HIGHS
Points 20, at Delaware State (2/14/22)
FG Made 8, at Delaware State (2/14/22)
FG ATT. 14, vs. South Carolina State (2/26/22)
3Pt. FG Made 4 (4x), last: at Delaware State (2/14/22)
3Pt. FG ATT. 11 (2x), last: at MDES (2/7/22)
FT Made 3 (2x), last: vs. N.C. Central (2/28/22)
FT ATT 4 (2x), last: vs. N.C. Central (2/28/22)
Rebounds 6, at Morgan State (2/21/22)
Assists 2 (4x), last: vs. Coppin State (2/19/22)
Steals 3, vs. Delaware State (2/5/22)
Blocks 1, at Coppin State (2/19/22)
Minutes 33, at Maryland Eastern Shore (2/7/22)

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