CHICAGO (March 2, 2022) – Ryan Schwieger (Matthews, N.C./Weddington/Princeton), a senior at Loyola University Chicago, has been named to the Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball All-Bench Team, it was announced today by the league office. Voting was conducted by the league's beat writers.
 
A transfer from Princeton, Schwieger has been a valuable weapon off the bench in his first season at Loyola, averaging 8.9 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.1 assists per contest, while connecting on 44.3 percent (94-for-212) of his field goal attempts, 37.9 percent (39-for-103) of his three-point tries and 82.1 percent (32-for-39) of his tosses from the free throw stripe.
 
Schwieger has scored in double digits off the bench on 10 occasions this season, and pumped in a season-best 24 points, hitting 9 of 10 shots from the field, to lift Loyola to a 79-74 victory over San Francisco on January 6 in Salt Lake City. He got off to a sizzling start, tallying 10 or more points in three of the first four outings of the year, including back-to-back, 22-point performances in wins against Chicago State and UIC in November.
 
After seeing his production dip slightly during league play, Schwieger has bounced back in the last two contests, providing 12.5 ppg and shooting 57.1 percent (8-for-14) from the field and 50 percent (4-for-8) from beyond the arc.
 
Loyola (22-7, 13-5 MVC), which tied for second place in the regular-season standings, will be the No. 4 seed at the MVC Championship and take on fifth-seeded Bradley in a quarterfinal round contest on Friday, March 4 at 2:30 p.m. CT.
 
A complete list of MVC specialty award winners follows.
 
MVC All-Bench Team
Xavier Bledson, Indiana State
Bowen Born, Northern Iowa
Sheldon Edwards, Valparaiso (captain)
Jaylen Minnett, Missouri State
Ryan Schwieger, Loyola
 
MVC Most Improved Team
Sheldon Edwards, Valparaiso
Rienk Mast, Bradley
Cooper Neese, Indiana State
Antonio Reeves, Illinois State (captain)
Garrett Sturtz, Drake