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2009-10 Men's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 1
B.J. Jenkins
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Virginia Beach, Va.
- High School:
- Green Run HS
- Prev School:
- Liberty
Bio
2010-11: Started all 32 games in his senior season and started all 68 of his career in a Murray State uniform … Scored 11.0 points per game on 104-240 shots for a percentage of .433 … Hit 38 percent from three-point range on 57-of-144 shots … Scored 351 points after having 380 as a junior … His 731 points ranks him eighth all-time among two year players at MSU just behind seventh place Greg Coble (1989-91) … Finished with 113 career steals and 223 assists … When adding in his numbers from his two seasons at Liberty (2007-08) Jenkins had 1,196 career points, 392 rebounds, 362 assists and 183 steals … Had a career-high 25 points against Morehead State (Feb. 24) and a following 18 points two days later against Eastern Kentucky (Feb. 26) came in the two biggest games of the season that clinched the outright OVC title … In those two games he was a combined 11-of-17 from the field and 6-of-10 from three-point range and he added in 13 rebounds … Had a career high 10 assists against WKU (Dec. 18) … Had 18 double-figure scoring games … Turned in the best single-season free throw campaign in MSU history when he led the OVC and was sixth nationally on 86-of-95 attempts for a .905 percentage to be the first player in MSU history to shoot better than 90 percent … Surpassed former teammate Tyler Holloway (2005-09) for the all-time best free throw percentage at .858 … Was named OVC Player of the Week (Feb. 28) for his big games that clinched the title … Named All-OVC Second Team which was the second straight season he was named to the all-league squad … At the end of the season he was given the Jeff Martin Class & Character Award.
2009-10: His 64 steals led the OVC and ranked him third on the MSU all-time single-season list … He was ranked 89th in NCAA D-I with 1.8 steals per game … His steals total of 64 was the most by a Racer since Marcus Brown’s 65 in 1994-95 ... His assist/turnover ratio of +1.8 was 87th in the nation and fourth in the OVC … He made 67 three-point baskets to rank sixth in the OVC and tops on the MSU team … He was the 20th leading scorer in the OVC with 10.6 points per game which was tops on MSU’s team … His 116 assists ranked him ninth in the OVC and second with MSU … He made at least one three-point basket in 15 of the final 16 games … Had a career-high 23 points against Tennessee Tech (Feb. 11) … Scored 22 against Eastern Kentucky (Feb. 27) when he went 6-of-6 from the field including 5-of-5 from three-point range … Hit the winning basket with :04 remaining against EKU (Dec. 3) … Had a career-high seven assists against Morehead State (Dec. 5) … Led the team in free throw shooting at .797 … Had a streak of just over 95 minutes without a turnover spanning nearly three games … Was a starter in all 36 games … Was named the OVC Newcomer of the Week five times and named to the OVC Newcomer Team at the end of the season and was named to the All-OVC First Team and NABC All-District 19 Team … Earned the Popeye Jones Mr. MSU Award.
2008-09: Sat out the season as a transfer from Liberty University.
Before MSU: Joined the Racer program as a transfer from Liberty University ... As a sophomore in 2007-08 he appeared in all 32 games and made 31 starts in scoring 9.9 points per game and 4.4 rebounds ... He scored a career-high 24 points on against Niagara ... In his freshman season, he saw action in 31 games ... Finished his career at Green Run High School as the school’s all-time career scoring leader with 1,357 points (17.4 per game average) ... He also had 506 rebounds, 511 assists and 383 steals and was a three-time All-Beach District First Team selection ... Earned a spot on the All-Tidewater Area Second Team and All-Eastern Region squad in his last three seasons at GRHS ... Was a McDonald’s All-American nominee ... Became the only prep player in Virginia to record consecutive quadruple-doubles.
Personal: Born Feb. 14, 1988 ... Son of Billy and Alicia Turner and Robert Jenkins Sr. ... Majoring in advertising.
2009-10: His 64 steals led the OVC and ranked him third on the MSU all-time single-season list … He was ranked 89th in NCAA D-I with 1.8 steals per game … His steals total of 64 was the most by a Racer since Marcus Brown’s 65 in 1994-95 ... His assist/turnover ratio of +1.8 was 87th in the nation and fourth in the OVC … He made 67 three-point baskets to rank sixth in the OVC and tops on the MSU team … He was the 20th leading scorer in the OVC with 10.6 points per game which was tops on MSU’s team … His 116 assists ranked him ninth in the OVC and second with MSU … He made at least one three-point basket in 15 of the final 16 games … Had a career-high 23 points against Tennessee Tech (Feb. 11) … Scored 22 against Eastern Kentucky (Feb. 27) when he went 6-of-6 from the field including 5-of-5 from three-point range … Hit the winning basket with :04 remaining against EKU (Dec. 3) … Had a career-high seven assists against Morehead State (Dec. 5) … Led the team in free throw shooting at .797 … Had a streak of just over 95 minutes without a turnover spanning nearly three games … Was a starter in all 36 games … Was named the OVC Newcomer of the Week five times and named to the OVC Newcomer Team at the end of the season and was named to the All-OVC First Team and NABC All-District 19 Team … Earned the Popeye Jones Mr. MSU Award.
2008-09: Sat out the season as a transfer from Liberty University.
Before MSU: Joined the Racer program as a transfer from Liberty University ... As a sophomore in 2007-08 he appeared in all 32 games and made 31 starts in scoring 9.9 points per game and 4.4 rebounds ... He scored a career-high 24 points on against Niagara ... In his freshman season, he saw action in 31 games ... Finished his career at Green Run High School as the school’s all-time career scoring leader with 1,357 points (17.4 per game average) ... He also had 506 rebounds, 511 assists and 383 steals and was a three-time All-Beach District First Team selection ... Earned a spot on the All-Tidewater Area Second Team and All-Eastern Region squad in his last three seasons at GRHS ... Was a McDonald’s All-American nominee ... Became the only prep player in Virginia to record consecutive quadruple-doubles.
Personal: Born Feb. 14, 1988 ... Son of Billy and Alicia Turner and Robert Jenkins Sr. ... Majoring in advertising.
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