Sr., F, 6-1, Dorchester, MA/New Mission
Week 1 Stats: 28.0 ppg, 14.5 rpg, 8.5 bpg, .513 FG pct., .700 3FG pct., 1.000 FT pct.
Davis-Stewart accounted for a sensational season-opening two-game stretch, leading the Northeast Conference in scoring, rebounding and blocked shots through one week of competition. Tipping off Merrimack’s Division I era, the do-it-all senior forward averaged 28.0 points, 14.5 rebounds and 8.5 blocks per contest. Davis-Stewart shot 51.3 percent from the field while hitting the 25-point mark in back-to-back games. She sank 70 percent of her three-point attempts and went a perfect 9-for-9 from the free throw line. Carrying the Warriors to a win in their inaugural Division I game, Davis-Stewart posted a triple-double in a triumphant season opener at UMass. The 6-foot-1 senior poured in a career-high 31 points while pulling down 13 rebounds and recording a career-best 12 blocked shots in a 79-64 win over an A-10 member. The senior’s performance was only the 14th triple-double ever recorded by a NEC athlete and it marked only the third time that blocks were part of the equation. Davis-Stewart poured in a game-high 25 points, on 10-of-17 shooting, during Merrimack’s home opener against Lehigh. Playing 44+ minutes in the 72-68 overtime setback, the veteran forward pulled down a game-high 16 caroms and blocked five shots.