Staff and Wire Report
HOUSTON -- Former Washington reserve guard Elston Turner Jr. announced on Monday he plans to transfer to Texas A&M.
Turner was a big factor as a sophomore in the Huskies' surge late last season to the Pac-10 tournament crown and the NCAA tournament round of 16. The former Fort Bend Elkins star averaged 4.6 points in 66 career games at Washington and proved to be the Huskies' best shooter from the perimeter, hitting 38 percent of his 3-point tries.
Turner will be eligible to play for the Aggies in the 2011-12 season.
He informed Washington coach Lorenzo Romar of his decision to transfer on April 15.
At that time he said he would be interested in going to A&M because of the players he knew and the proximity to home. He added that he'd like to improve his all-around game, which he felt had become stagnant.
Turner is the son of former NBA guard Elston Turner, an assistant coach for the Houston Rockets.
In Washington's 73-64 victory over A&M last December, Turner was 0 for 5 from the field and had three rebounds in nine minutes.
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