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UTEP star Turner overcomes struggle and thrives

In an anonymous gym in Indiana four years ago, in an anonymous club tournament game too early in the morning for any college recruiter to have significant expectations — and there was only one there anyway — UTEP basketball coach Keitha Adams saw something so extraordinary she still loves to retell it.

Her attention kept being drawn to a young woman from Dallas, a senior-to-be from Lincoln High named Cameasha Turner, the one person on the floor who looked, acted and played like she was in Game 7 of an NBA Finals.

"Her passion was something that drew me to her," Adams said.