Indiana Basketball: Ranking the top backcourt priorities in the 2020 class
By Alec Lasley
No. 4: DJ Steward
One of the breakout performers a couple weekends ago, Steward exploded with an average of 30.8 points per game, which included a 37-point as well as 46-point performance.
On the young AAU season, and averaging 25.9 points per game, good enough for fifth on the D1 Circuit.
Standing at 6-foot-3, Steward is a physical combo guard who can score in multiple ways, and in bunches.
Steward is a terrific shooter and has developed more of a consistent jump shot off the dribble, compared to his lethal touch off the catch. Still a shooting form that is a work in progress, he tends to have a low release and pushes the ball up to the rim. If he can round that out, look for his percent to continue to rise, currently at 36 percent.
With a flashy transition game and ability to get to the free throw line, his all-around scoring ability is what has coaches extremely interested.
A four-star recruit, Steward is ranked just 106th on 247Sports Composite rankings, but No. 58 on 247’s site alone.
As of now his recruitment is pretty wide open, with offers from Iowa, Northwestern, Illinois, Louisville, Notre Dame, Iowa State, Texas, Xavier, Marquette, Creighton, and Loyola-Chicago.