SPOKANE, Wash. -- The Whitworth University men's basketball team will break up a 20-day span between games with Saturday afternoon's exhibition contest against a Pirate alumni squad that will feature three former Northwest Conference Players of the Year and the first father-son tandem in alumni game history. The game will tip off at 1:00 p.m. and admission is free.

Riley leads the 2007-08 Bucs in scoring

The varsity Bucs are currently 4-1 this season and coming off a title at the University of Redlands Lee Fulmer Memorial Tournament last weekend. Ryan Symes (Sr., F, Palo Alto, Calif.) was named MVP of the tournament, while Colin Willemsen (Sr., F, Moraga, Calif.) was also chosen to the all-tournament team. David Riley (Fr., G, Palo Alto, Calif.) is Whitworth's leading scorer this season, averaging 16.4 points per game.

The team of Whitworth alums is expected to feature 13 former Pirates. Three of them are former NWC Players of the Year, including Bryan Williams who earned the award last winter after leading Whitworth to a conference title and the second round of the NCAA Division III tournament. Forward Lance Pecht, the 2006 NWC Player of the Year, and forward Bryan Depew, the 2003 NWC Player of the Year and all-time leading scorer in Whitworth history also will headline the team.

2007 NWC MVP Bryan Williams

This game also marks the first time that a father-son combination will suit up for the alumni. Glenn Williams (Bryan's dad) who starred for the Pirates from 1978 through 1981 and is a highly decorated basketball coach at Mead High School, will play for the alumni.

Other members of this version of the alumni squad include 2007 graduate Jon Young, a guard who holds Whitworth records for career and single season three-pointers made and attempted; 2006 graduate George Tucker, a Second Team All-NWC forward during his senior season; Gunner Olson, a 2002 graduate who was a Second Team All-NWC forward; and Greg Jones, who was a Second Team All-NWC forward in 1999 and played on both of Whitworth's NAIA Division II national tournament teams (finals in 1996 and quarterfinals in 1998).

The next official game on the schedule for the Whitworth varsity is December 20th against UC Santa Cruz in Burlingame, California.