{"id":30355,"date":"2021-11-23T17:42:30","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T22:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/?p=30355"},"modified":"2022-06-01T18:30:47","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T22:30:47","slug":"well-traveled-turner-finds-home-with-sharks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/well-traveled-turner-finds-home-with-sharks\/","title":{"rendered":"Well-Traveled Turner Finds Home With Sharks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Basketball has taken Khalil Turner all across the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the past two years, the 21-year-old has played at Division I Rider University in New Jersey and Palm Beach State College, a school north of Broward County.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This summer, the six-foot-eight-inch forward verbally committed to Mississippi Valley State University but was unable to attend because of funding and academic requirement issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But after two years of hopscotching across the country, the vagabond basketball player has found a home at Miami Dade College.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Turner is averaging 16.8 points and a team-leading 7.1 rebounds per game for the (6-5) Sharks this season. He is also anchoring the team\u2019s defense at forward.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c[Khalil] plays probably the biggest role on the team,\u201d said freshman guard James Horton. \u201cHe got a big voice to encourage everybody. He is the star player and a great captain. He&#8217;s a big tool for the team.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Turner has been productive in 10 games of action for the Sharks. He has scored in double figures in every game including a 26 point performance Nov. 27 win versus Northwest Florida State College. He also notched a 15 rebound game against DME Academy on Nov. 20.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cKhalil [is] our leader offensively and defensively,\u201d shooting guard Matthew Khoury said. \u201cOne of his best attributes is that he&#8217;s a great play maker so he always finds me in my spot. He always gives me the confidence to shoot the ball.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a freshman, Turner played sparingly at Rider University averaging 0.5 points a game. He transferred to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pbscpanthers.com\/sports\/mbkb\/2020-21\/bios\/turner_khalil_wvex\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Palm Beach State College last year where he averaged 12.6 points and 7.3 rebounds a game<\/span> <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and was named First Team All-Southern Conference. He was granted a second sophomore campaign due to the COVID-shortened season but did not return to the Panthers because they moved down to Division II.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHe&#8217;s played Division I basketball,\u201d said Sharks\u2019 <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/sharks-select-jenkins-as-assistant-mens-basketball-coach\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">assistant men\u2019s basketball coach Dillon \u201cDJ\u201d Jenkins<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who recruited Turner to MDC. \u201cHe was first-team all-conference in his conference last year. So just being a leader that&#8217;s one of the reasons why I wanted him because I knew he knows what it takes to be at the next level.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Turner, who is from Philadelphia, started to play basketball when he was in middle school. He latched on to the sport because his stepbrother, Jiair Ballard-West, played the game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI started playing basketball around sixth or seventh grade,\u201d Turner said. \u201cI didn&#8217;t start taking it seriously until eighth grade. That&#8217;s when I started realizing that I had a lot of talent and I could take this very far.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Turner started harnessing his leadership skills at Sankofa Freedom Academy Charter School. He has carried that attribute over to MDC where he immediately became a captain after only a few weeks with the team.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teammates rave about his intangibles like his basketball IQ and vocal leadership.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOff the court, he helps me [with] other situations that don&#8217;t have to do with basketball like my family issues,\u201d Horton said. \u201cHe guides me through it. He is always telling me to keep my head up and better days are coming.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30347\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30347\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-30347\" src=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Khalil-Turner-14_web.jpg\" alt=\"Turner\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Khalil-Turner-14_web.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Khalil-Turner-14_web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Khalil-Turner-14_web-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Khalil-Turner-14_web-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30347\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Talking About Practice: Forward Girardi Cubillan guards Khalil Turner during a recent basketball practice at Kendall Campus. 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