Indiana assistant coach Kenya Hunter left Bloomington for a few days earlier this week. Upon his return, Thad Matta, the program’s new associate athletic director had some news for him.
“Coach Matta came up to me and said, ‘Your guy Parker (Stewart) hit 20 for 21 from 3,’” Hunter said. “And we celebrated that.”
Indeed, for a program that has shot below the national average from 3-point range in each of the past four seasons, it was news worth lauding. It was also, on a more individual level, a good day for Stewart — and after the past five months in his life, those good days are worth celebrating, too.