{"id":83,"date":"2008-06-16T10:09:06","date_gmt":"2008-06-16T15:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=1063"},"modified":"2008-06-16T10:09:06","modified_gmt":"2008-06-16T15:09:06","slug":"lus-basketball-jenkins-signs-with-msu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=83","title":{"rendered":"LU’s Basketball Jenkins Signs With MSU"},"content":{"rendered":"

Murray State Basketball Head Coach Billy Kennedy announced the signing of 6-0 guard B.J. Jenkins.<\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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The native of Virginia Beach, Va. transfers to MSU from Liberty University and will sit out the 2008-09 season and have two seasons to compete for the Racers beginning with the 2009-10 season.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In Jenkins sophomore season for the Liberty Flames in 2007-08 he a<\/span><\/strong>ppeared in all 32 games and made 31 starts in<\/span> getting 9.9 points per game and 4.4 rebounds. <\/span>He scored a career-high 24 points on 7-of-10 shooting against Niagara and grabbed a career-high seven rebounds against Longwood.<\/span><\/p>\n

As a freshman in the 2006-07 season, Jenkins saw action in 31 games and made two starts and scored 4.8 points per game.<\/span><\/p>\n

In two seasons for the Flames, Jenkins shot .410 from the field, .325 from three-point range, and .788 from the free<\/span> throw line.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jenkins was a three-year starter at <\/span><\/strong>Green<\/span> Run High School<\/span> where he was the all-time scoring leader at the school, with 1,357 points (17.4 per game average). <\/span>He also had 506 rebounds, 511 assists and 383 steals and was a three-time All-Beach District First Team selection, garnered a spot on the All-Tidewater Area Second Team and All-Eastern Region squad during his sophomore, junior and senior seasons. <\/span>He was also a McDonald\u2019s All-American nominee after his senior year when he averaged 21.0 points, 7.8 rebounds, 6.7 assists and 5.8 steals per game.<\/span> <\/span>Jenkins was the only prep player in Virginia to record consecutive quadruple-doubles during the year.<\/p>\n

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Murray State Basketball Head Coach Billy Kennedy announced the signing of 6-0 guard B.J. Jenkins. The native of Virginia Beach, Va. transfers to MSU from…<\/p>\n

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