Marcus Kemp went 3-for-3 from the field.

The Hawaii senior wide receiver made the most of his limited touches, going to the house each time he hauled in a pass in the Rainbow Warriors’ 41-36 victory over FCS member Tennessee Martin on Saturday night at Aloha Stadium.

“We gotta get him more touches, right?” quipped offensive coordinator Brian Smith.

Quarterback Ikaika Woolsey found Kemp for strikes of 7, 33 and 63 yards, and 103 of his 205 passing yards. It was the most TDs by a Warriors receiver since Chris Gant hung four on Wyoming in Laramie on Nov. 23, 2013.

And UH (1-2) needed every point Kemp could supply in the team’s home opener coming off road routs to California and Michigan.

In a back-and-forth affair, all three of his scores gave the trailing Warriors the lead — the last for good with 6:43 to play.

“It’s always exciting to get in there and score,” Kemp said. “I don’t think we were very perfect, obviously. I don’t think it should’ve been that close. But right now we gotta focus on the good things, the positives, like winning. And I’m really happy that I scored three, but the biggest thing is to stay level, stay humble, and get ready for Arizona next week.”

Kemp dropped the ball on his first target, but after that he was money.

He got things going for UH with a 7-yard grab on a lob pass with 3:59 left in the first, putting his team ahead for the first time at 7-3.

Kemp’s 33-yard haul with 3:24 left in the third put the Warriors back up 28-24. Thankfully for UH, he was just getting warmed up.

With the Skyhawks leading 36-35 in the middle of the fourth quarter, UTM’s defense played up, expecting a short pass.

That’s when Kemp went deep — and found himself all alone.

“They wanted to make a big play late in the game, so they were trying to key a certain pass route,” Kemp said. “So that just left me wide open behind them and I’m very grateful that was the perfect coverage for that perfect play. I’m grateful for the coaches for calling the play.”

Woolsey put the pass on the money and Kemp managed to get to the 1 before he was brought down … and over the body of his would-be tackler, across the goal line. He was initially ruled down short of the end zone, but the officials conferred and granted him the score.

“I knew I was in,” Kemp said.

That raised his career touchdown total to nine.

“I think they had a mistake in their coverage,” Smith said. “We’re fortunate that Ikaika saw it and took the shot. But that was something we were thinking could happen with that route. It could get him open vertically.”

Besides his scores, Kemp’s biggest asset on the night was as a decoy.

“(Kemp scoring) brings so much pressure on the defense,” running back Diocemy Saint Juste said. “It widens and spreads them out, and allows running backs to go through gaping holes in the middle.

“Things started opening up really good in the second half.”