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Jersey Number 7
Ben Schwieger
- Position:
- Guard/Forward
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Aurora, Ill.
- High School:
- Waubonsie Valley HS / Loyola-Chicago
2025-26: MVC Preseason Watchlist ... Appeared in all 35 games with 21 starts through the MVC Tournament ... Scored a career-high 347 points (9.9 per game) with 27.7 minutes played per game ... Grabbed 161 rebounds (4.6 per game), a career-high 66 assists (1.8 per game), a career-best 37 steals (one per game) and a career-high 21 blocks (0.6 per game) ... Shot 48.6% from the floor (129-265), 37.6% from the three-point arc (35-93) and 68.3% at the free throw line (68.3%) ... Scored a season-high 18 points vs. UIC in the MVC Tournament championship game (3/8/26), with 20 games in double figures on the year ... Pulled down a season-high ten rebounds in games against Bradley (1/10/26) and Evansville (1/31/26) to notch two double-doubles on the year ... Dished out a career-high seven assists and career-best four steals vs. Oakland (12/13/25) ... Tied his career-high with three blocks vs. Drake (2/15/26) ... Became the 116th member of UNI’s 500 career point club vs. UIC (1/13/26).
2024-25: NABC Honors Court ... Appeared in all 33 games with 25 starts ... Scored a career-high 328 points for a 9.9 points per game average with 30.6 minutes per game ... Pulled down 172 rebounds (5.2 per game), 56 assists (1.7 per game), 17 steals (0.5 per game) and 17 blocks (0.5 per game) ... Scored a season-high 20 points against Northern Illinois (12/7/24) with seven made free throws ... Pulled down a career-high 12 rebounds vs. Evansville (1/14/25) ... Dished out a career-best five assists against Bradley (2/2/25) ... Blocked a career-high three shots at UIC (12/4/24) ... Notched two doubles, including the first of his career vs. Evansville (1/14/25) ... Shot 49.1% from the field (118-240), 36.5% from three-point range (30-82) and 70.4% from the free throw line (62-88).
2023-24 (LOYOLA-CHICAGO): Appeared in ten games in non-conference action … Averaged 1.3 points and 0.8 rebounds with seven total assists, three steals and two blocks … Shot 44.4% from the field (4-of-9) and 62.5% from the free throw line (5-8) … Notched a season-high five points, four rebounds and four assists vs. Goshen.
2022-23 (LOYOLA-CHICAGO): Appeared in 30 games with 26 starts … All-Atlantic-10 Conference Rookie Team … Averaged 9.2 points per game, third-most on the Ramber roster, along with 3.8 rebounds … Shot 45.4% from the field, including 34.9% from 34.9% from beyond the three-point arc … Scored a career-high 26 points on 9-of-16 shooting against Central Arkansas with six made three-pointers.
2021-22 (LOYOLA-CHICAGO): Redshirt.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played four seasons at Waubonsie Valley High School in the Chicago suburb of Aurora, Illinois … Averaged 17 points, 8.4 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 1.1 blocks and 1.1 steals on 67.1% shooting during a COVID-19 abbreviated senior season in 2020-21 … Earned the 2020-21 Beacon News/Courier-News Boys Basketball Player of the Year and Illinois Associated Press Class 4A Second Team All-State selection … Helped the Warriors to a 25-7 record during the 2019-20 season to earn all-conference, county, area and state recognition with 16.4 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.8 assists as a junior … Ranked among the top-ten prospects in the City/Suburban Hoops reports as a junior … Also played volleyball.
PERSONAL: Native of Aurora, Illinois … Son of Sam and Cathy Schwieger … Brother of Dan and Stephanie ... Majoring in communications.
2024-25: NABC Honors Court ... Appeared in all 33 games with 25 starts ... Scored a career-high 328 points for a 9.9 points per game average with 30.6 minutes per game ... Pulled down 172 rebounds (5.2 per game), 56 assists (1.7 per game), 17 steals (0.5 per game) and 17 blocks (0.5 per game) ... Scored a season-high 20 points against Northern Illinois (12/7/24) with seven made free throws ... Pulled down a career-high 12 rebounds vs. Evansville (1/14/25) ... Dished out a career-best five assists against Bradley (2/2/25) ... Blocked a career-high three shots at UIC (12/4/24) ... Notched two doubles, including the first of his career vs. Evansville (1/14/25) ... Shot 49.1% from the field (118-240), 36.5% from three-point range (30-82) and 70.4% from the free throw line (62-88).
2023-24 (LOYOLA-CHICAGO): Appeared in ten games in non-conference action … Averaged 1.3 points and 0.8 rebounds with seven total assists, three steals and two blocks … Shot 44.4% from the field (4-of-9) and 62.5% from the free throw line (5-8) … Notched a season-high five points, four rebounds and four assists vs. Goshen.
2022-23 (LOYOLA-CHICAGO): Appeared in 30 games with 26 starts … All-Atlantic-10 Conference Rookie Team … Averaged 9.2 points per game, third-most on the Ramber roster, along with 3.8 rebounds … Shot 45.4% from the field, including 34.9% from 34.9% from beyond the three-point arc … Scored a career-high 26 points on 9-of-16 shooting against Central Arkansas with six made three-pointers.
2021-22 (LOYOLA-CHICAGO): Redshirt.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played four seasons at Waubonsie Valley High School in the Chicago suburb of Aurora, Illinois … Averaged 17 points, 8.4 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 1.1 blocks and 1.1 steals on 67.1% shooting during a COVID-19 abbreviated senior season in 2020-21 … Earned the 2020-21 Beacon News/Courier-News Boys Basketball Player of the Year and Illinois Associated Press Class 4A Second Team All-State selection … Helped the Warriors to a 25-7 record during the 2019-20 season to earn all-conference, county, area and state recognition with 16.4 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.8 assists as a junior … Ranked among the top-ten prospects in the City/Suburban Hoops reports as a junior … Also played volleyball.
PERSONAL: Native of Aurora, Illinois … Son of Sam and Cathy Schwieger … Brother of Dan and Stephanie ... Majoring in communications.
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