Jenkins earns OVC Newcomer of the Week Award

2/8/2010 10:40:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Murray State's B.J. Jenkins is the Ohio Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week for the period of Feb. 1-7.

Jenkins, a junior from Virginia Beach, Va., played a big role in Murray State wins over Tennessee State and Austin Peay last week with a 13.5 scoring average to go with 3.5 assists and 3.0 steals per game.

Against Tennessee State last Thursday, Jenkins scored a team-high 17 points and added 10 points against Austin Peay Saturday.

For the week, he shot 45 percent from the field and 33 percent from three-point range.

Jenkins has already been named newcomer of the week four times this season, following his awards Nov. 16, Dec. 28 and Jan. 18.

MSU hits the road for two games this week.

Thursday, the Racers play Tennessee Tech at 7:30 p.m. in Eblen Center in Cookeville, Tenn., and Saturday play a 4:30 p.m. game against Jacksonville State in Mathews Coliseum in Jacksonville, Ala.

Both games can be seen live on the Racer Television Network.