PORTLAND – The Portland Pilots and Oregon Ducks men's basketball programs have agreed to play this Saturday at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene. Tip-off will be noon and the game will be televised live on Pac-12 Network with radio coverage on 910 ESPN-Portland (KMTT).

The Pilots (5-1) will enter Saturday on a five-game winning streak, which includes wins over in-state rivals Portland State and Oregon State. Portland has swept the three in-state schools twice in program history: during the 2005-06 and 1956-57 seasons.

This will be the first meeting between the schools since Portland defeated Oregon by an 88-81 margin at the Chiles Center on Nov. 21, 2009. Oregon leads the all-time series by a 49-10 margin dating back to the 1937-38 season.

Senior guard Ahmed Ali is the reigning West Coast Conference Player of the Week after recording 26 points, six rebounds and four assists in the overtime thriller in Corvallis. He ranks third in the WCC in scoring and has already logged four 20-plus scoring games.

The Ducks (4-1) defeated Washington on Saturday to open Pac-12 play and will host fellow WCC member San Francisco on Thursday night.