DES MOINES, IOWA - Eight players from the 2007-08 Drake basketball team which posted a school-record 28-5 mark highlight a list of 22 former players who will play in the annual Drake Alumni game next Saturday (Jan. 30).

The alumni game will start at 4:05 pm, featuring two 20-minute running clock halves with a five-minute halftime.

Doors to the Drake Knapp Center will open at 4  p.m. and admission is free to the public. The arena will be cleared after the alumni game to prepare for the Drake-Creighton game later that evening.

Adam Emmenecker, who was named the 2008 Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year, headlines the list of players from the Bulldog team which swept both the Missouri Valley Conference regular-season and post-season tournament titles in 2008 en route to advancing to the NCAA Tournament.

Other players include starters Leonard Houston and Klayton Korver along with Kit Avery, Jacob Baryenbruch, Tyson Dirks, Brent Heemskerk and Alex White.

The basketball alumni players will be recognized at halftime of the Drake-Creighton game.