Pilots add Feb. 20 match up with Walla Walla

By Ben Arthur | February 8, 2017 11:54am
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First-year head coach Terry Porter draws up a play for the Pilots during a time-out. 

Media Credit: Annika Gordon / The Beacon

The University of Portland men’s basketball team announced that a home game has been added to the regular season schedule this year. The Pilots will tip off against Walla Walla University at the Chiles Center on Feb. 20 at 5 p.m.

There will be free general admission seating to the public for the game, but lower level seats will be reserved for season ticket holders.

The added game replaces the Dec. 10 matchup with Boise State that was postponed due to weather. Portland has had two weather-related game cancellations this season.

The Pilots will travel Boise to face the Broncos as part of the 2017-18 season.

Walla Walla plays in NAIA’s Collegiate Cascade Conference. The game should prove to be an easy win and confidence booster for the Pilots, who currently sit on a 10-game losing streak.

Portland will hit the road south for a pair of games in Southern California before returning to The Bluff to host Walla Walla in the third of four final games at the Chiles Center this season.

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