COLLEGE PARK, MD -- Maryland women's basketball head coach Brenda Frese officially welcomed Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American Jakia Brown-Turner to the program Thursday.
Brown-Turner, a 6-0 guard from Oxon Hill, Md., played four seasons at NC State, where she was a First Team All-ACC honoree and earned AP Honorable Mention honors in 2021. She averaged 10.3 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.9 assists as she started 123 of 124 career games for the Wolfpack. Brown-Turner helped NC State to three straight ACC titles (2020, 2021, 2022), an Elite Eight (2022) and a Sweet Sixteen (2021).
Frese on Jakia Brown-Turner: “We are thrilled to welcome home Jakia and her family. We actually recruited Jakia out of high school, so we knew her from back then. Jakia is a proven player and winner at our game’s highest level. She’s proven to be a clutch player in big time games. I have to thank my staff and our players for helping bring Jakia on board. Maryland is a place where players want to be and we’re really excited about what lies ahead.”
Jakia Brown-Turner on Maryland: “I decided on Maryland because I wanted to come home for my last year. What better way to spend my last year of playing college basketball than being back home where it all started and joining a successful program.”
Brown-Turner scored 1,273 career points with 159 three-pointers made and 246 career assists. She scored in double figures in 16 games this year and in 67 career games., Brown-Turner scored 17 points to help the Wolfpack to a win at then-No. 10 Iowa in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge back in December. In the Wolfpack’s Elite Eight run in 2022, Brown-Turner scored a season-high 20 points in the Elite Eight game vs. UConn, including a game-tying three to force overtime.
Brown-Turner is the fifth newcomer to the Maryland roster for 2023-24. Incoming freshmen Riley Nelson, a McDonald’s All American, Summer Bostock, Hawa Doumbouya and Emily Fisher will join the Terrapins for 2023-24.
Brown-Turner, a 6-0 guard from Oxon Hill, Md., played four seasons at NC State, where she was a First Team All-ACC honoree and earned AP Honorable Mention honors in 2021. She averaged 10.3 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.9 assists as she started 123 of 124 career games for the Wolfpack. Brown-Turner helped NC State to three straight ACC titles (2020, 2021, 2022), an Elite Eight (2022) and a Sweet Sixteen (2021).
Frese on Jakia Brown-Turner: “We are thrilled to welcome home Jakia and her family. We actually recruited Jakia out of high school, so we knew her from back then. Jakia is a proven player and winner at our game’s highest level. She’s proven to be a clutch player in big time games. I have to thank my staff and our players for helping bring Jakia on board. Maryland is a place where players want to be and we’re really excited about what lies ahead.”
Jakia Brown-Turner on Maryland: “I decided on Maryland because I wanted to come home for my last year. What better way to spend my last year of playing college basketball than being back home where it all started and joining a successful program.”
Brown-Turner scored 1,273 career points with 159 three-pointers made and 246 career assists. She scored in double figures in 16 games this year and in 67 career games., Brown-Turner scored 17 points to help the Wolfpack to a win at then-No. 10 Iowa in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge back in December. In the Wolfpack’s Elite Eight run in 2022, Brown-Turner scored a season-high 20 points in the Elite Eight game vs. UConn, including a game-tying three to force overtime.
Brown-Turner is the fifth newcomer to the Maryland roster for 2023-24. Incoming freshmen Riley Nelson, a McDonald’s All American, Summer Bostock, Hawa Doumbouya and Emily Fisher will join the Terrapins for 2023-24.
