Skylights, Lights basketball squads face alumni in season opening tune-ups

Although it's October, the round orange things rolling around the Montana State University-Northern gymnasium won't be pumpkins. Strange as it may sound, college basketball season is looming and the Lights and Skylights will kick off their 2003-2004 season with a pair of alumni games on Saturday.

It will be a special night for the Skylight program as the 1993 NAIA national championship team will be honored at halftime of the men's game. The majority of the members from that championship team will be playing in the alumni game as well.

"This is a really big thing for our program," said Skylight...