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Lobo Jenkins eager to show he’s more than a long-distance shooter

It took a few games for K.J. Jenkins to really get warmed up this season for the Lobos.

Then again, as his coach Richard Pitino points out, “we haven’t played that many games.”

The 6-foot-2 junior college transfer who averaged 3.8 3-pointers per game (at a blistering 46.2% clip) hit 4-of-11 3-point tries over the team’s first three games.

In the past two games, the Atlanta native hit 4 of 5 in Saturday’s win over Montana State and 4 of- 7 in Monday’s win over Western New Mexico.

The Lobos hope that as he continues to find his stroke from the outside, the rest of the floor will continue to open up for his teammates in this week’s Las Vegas (Nev.