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That’s A Wrap: Parker Stewart – Inside the Hall

That's A Wrap: Parker Stewart - Inside the Hall

Welcome to “That’s A Wrap,” our player-by-player recap of the 2021-2022 Indiana Hoosiers. Today: Parker Stewart.

Stewart (34 games): 6.2 points, 2.1 rebounds, one assist, 37.4 FG%, 39.3 3PFG%, 64.3 FT% in 24.4 minutes per game

Previously: Logan Duncomb, Tamar Bates, Anthony Leal, Trey Galloway, Jordan Geronimo, Khristian Lander, Trayce Jackson-Davis

Indiana was Parker Stewart’s third school. He started out at Pittsburgh before transferring home to UT Martin to play for his father. He planned on finishing his college career there until his father passed away unexpectedly in November 2020.

That’s what led him to transfer again. This time, he found his home in Bloomington.

“I chose IU because it felt right,” Stewart said in his senior day video on March 2. “Coach (Kenya) Hunter was recruiting me. He had just lost his father and I’d lost mine, too. So we related well.”

Stewart arrived midway through the 2020-21 season and watched from the sidelines until he was eligible to play the following year. He wore No. 45 at IU — the same number his father Anthony Stewart wore in college.

Stewart came into the 2021-22 season with high expectations in his role as a 3-point sniper. It’s an area the Hoosiers have been deficient in for years.

At Hoosier Hysteria in October, Stewart took home first place with Grace Berger in the 3-point shooting contest. But those high hopes waned over the course of the season.

The duo of Stewart and Miller Kopp behind the arc had performances that exceeded the expectations people had for the two transfers.

Stewart posted a season-high 20 points and six made 3-pointers against Syracuse on Nov. 30, alongside 28 points from Kopp.

But after that game, Stewart didn’t come close to eclipsing 20 points again. The most 3-pointers he made in a game after that point was three.

Mike Woodson kept his trust in Stewart during his scoring droughts — keeping him in the starting lineup and encouraging him to keep…

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