2008-09 [Sophomore]: A full-time starter who enjoyed a break-out season in the post for the Warhawks … Appeared in 29 games while picking up the start in all but the season opener … Missed the first round of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament with an ankle injury … Averaged 10.2 points per game overall off 51.4 percent shooting … Also averaged a team-high 6.8 rebounds per contest (86-110-196) and led the squad with 46 deflected shots … Averaged 24.1 minutes per contest playing as the Warhawks only true low post player … Ranked fourth overall in the Sun Belt in rebounding average (6.8), ninth in field goal percentage (.514), sixth in blocked shots (1.59), first in offensive rebounds (2.97), and 11th in defensive rebounds (3.79) … Topped double digits in points 16 times on the season despite receiving constant double teams and posted seven double-doubles, six in league play … Led the Warhawks in rebounding 14 times … Posted at least one block in 21 games on the season in posting the seventh-highest single campaign mark in program history … Had a career-high six deflections against Tennessee Tech (12/29) … Ended the year ranked sixth on the career blocks list (75) … Attempted 105 free throws on the season – second-most on the squad – and converted on 69.5 percent … Also moved into eighth place all-time in career shooting percentage list (.535) after qualifying with over 300 attempts.
2007-08 [Freshman]: Made 10 starts and appeared in 29 games in his inaugural college season ... Averaged 6.0 points per game for the Warhawks, the fifth-highest total on the team, off a team-best 57.8 percent shooting from the field ... Led the team in total blocks (29) and tied for sixth on the team in steals (15) ... Tallied 175 points as a freshman – fifth most on the team ... Ranked third on the team in total rebounding (131), offensive rebounding (41), defensive rebounding (90), and rebounds per game (4.5) ... Finished second on the team in free throw shooting percentage amongst players with 50 or more attempts after converting on 57-of-79 (.722) ... Topped double digits in scoring five times and finished as ULM’s rebounding leader seven times ... Posted a double-double after scoring 13 points and adding 12 rebounds against Rice (12/1) in the finals of the Hawkeye Challenge ... In Sun Belt Conference games, averaged 4.9 points and 4.2 rebounds per game ... Averaged 16.6 minutes per game...Ranked eighth in the league in Sun Belt Conference games in blocks per contest (1.12).
High School: A three-year letterwinner at Peabody Magnet High School in Alexandria, La. ... Averaged 13 points and 12 rebounds per game as a senior and helped lead the Warhorses to a Louisiana State Semifinals run ... Set the school record for most free throws made by a big man ... Named to the All-District, All-State, and All-Central Louisiana teams ... Also recruited by Louisiana State and Northwestern State
Personal: Full name is Raphelle DeEric Turner ... Born on October 12, 1988 in Alexandria, La. ... Son of Daryl Bowie and Rougena Turner ... Has one son, Damarion ... Has famous cousins in Joe Dumars of the Detroit Pistons and Reggie Rambo of the University of Alabama.
