Elijah Jenkins (190-G, college: Embry Riddle) is a 190cm guard from Georgia playing his third professional season and third with DTV Basketball Koeln (Germany-Regionalliga). He began his basketball career with Riverwood high school and then played at Embry Riddle University (NCAA2) from 2017-2022 playing a total of 120 NCAA games. In his last 2 years he averaged 13.4ppg, 2.5rpg, 2.5apg, FGP: 45.1%, 3PT: 41.5%, FT: 69.0% and 15.8ppg, 4.0rpg, 2.1apg, 1.1spg, FGP: 43.1%, 3PT: 41.9%, FT: 81.8%. He spoke to germanhoops.com after his monumental 42 point game.

Thanks Elijah for talking togermanhoops.com. Where are you at the moment and how is basketball life treating you?

Everything is going well, I’m enjoying life in Köln and grateful to be playing at Deutz again this season

You recently hit Hagen Haspe for 42 points. How good did it feel getting your pro high?

It was definitely a good feeling getting a win against a team that we’ve struggled against in the last couple of years. Playing well against a team like Haspe in an important away game for us is always a good experience.

How good is it seeing that Eurobasket title Elijah Jenkins was the second best scorer of the day in the world yesterday with the 42 points he had in DTV Basketball Koeln. How does that make you feel knowing you scored the most in the world?

Pretty crazy to be honest, but honestly just happy to help our team get the win.

It actually wasn´t your career high as in school you hit UAB for 44 points. Is it fair to say that you have always seemed to have been a player that can get very hot.

Yeah especially as someone who shoots a lot of threes, once you see a couple in a row go in, it gives you the confidence to keep shooting.

Talk a little about the 40 minutes of the game. How rapidly did you know that you might have a very good scoring day?

I don’t think I knew or realized until later in the game because I actually started somewhat slowly, and picked up more in the second half of the game.

The crazy thing is that you were only 1/7 from the 2 point range. How aware are you that you could have gone for 50 points with a little bit more accuracy.

Yeah I thought I missed some good midrange looks and some easy free throws as well, but 50 points would’ve definitely been a cool achievement.

You have had many high scoring games in your career. You hit 9 three´s. You once went for 11 three´s in the NCAA2. How vital is your three ball?

I think shooting has always been a calling card of mine, going back to my time in high school. Normally that also opens up space for me and my teammates to attack into to get some easier looks at the basket too. So definitely something that I’ve tried to build my game around by using that gravity to attract the defense’s attention and exploit the space and closeouts that creates.

The week before you hit BG Hagen for 33 points. Do you feel like maybe next week you will get 52 as the curve could go on?

I guess you never know, but I would say that when we have some guys back from injury, I likely won’t need to shoulder so much of the scoring burden again, or play 40 minutes for that matter.

What was your favorite bucket of the game?

Probably the three I made at the third quarter buzzer, where there was kind of a broken play and I ended up getting the ball with only a couple seconds left and needing to get a good look.

Will you have to buy dinner or get donuts for your teammates or pay them back another way?

Not that I know of, but maybe I should.

Thanks Elijah for the chat.