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Plymouth's Turson: Family ties that bind

By Mark Hazelwood on Thu, 02/26/2009 - 07:02

"it was during that game that the Turson family became the unofficial bookends of Plymouth basketball history. Brad entered the season, his 16th, as the all-time wins leader at the school while oldest son Graig was second all-time and middle son Brett was third.
That all changed slightly for the better last Friday as the youngest Turson took his place atop the all-time leading scorers list for the Big Red after scoring 32 points in the win over the Flyers. Brook, a 6-foot-3 guard, needed 18 points entering the contest to pass Steve Hall, who scored 1,298 points from 1984 to 1987, for the top spot.
Entering the year with 902 points, Turson passed six players for the top spot and has scored 411 points in 18 games this season and currently has 1,313 points with another two regular season games left in his junior season
While never one to gloat about personal family accolades, Brad Turson was able to talk about not only the close victory against St. Paul, but also about his family's place in Plymouth history.
"It is special to me," he said. "I also went to school here, and we always wanted to come back to Plymouth and build a quality program. I'm not only proud of what my sons have accomplished here, but I'm proud of every player that has come through the program."
Turson felt a love of the sport propelled all three of his sons to the 1,000-point club.
"My sons worked hard for what they got and they really just loved the game of basketball," he said. "But again, that goes for everyone else also. Every player involved in this program has played a key role. We've certainly had a lot of fun over the years getting the program to this point and we want to continue to do that."
Brook was also quick to recognize not only the accomplishments of Hall, but that he had a tougher road to his point total than he did.
"It's a nice accomplishment obviously, but especially because Steve Hall was such a great player," Brook said. "And I think he did it for three years without the 3-point line. I was able to break his record, but I did it a little different because I had the 3-point line. But this is also a team award, just like the 1,000 points earlier this year. I couldn't do it without my teammates, they are a great group of guys."
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