No. 20 Pacific (27-3) at No. 7 Washington (28-5) 3:20 pm EST

BOISE, Idaho (Ticker) -- Top-seeded Washington hopes to advance past the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1998 when it squares off with eighth-seeded Pacific in the Albuquerque Region on Saturday.

A No. 1 seed for the first time school history, the Huskies are in the second round for the first time since reaching the Sweet 16 seven years ago.

On Thursday, Washington never trailed in disposing of 16th-seeded Montana, 88-77. The Huskies scored the first 11 points of the contest and led 26-7 a little more than eight minutes into the contest.

Brandon Roy scored 17 points off the bench and Nate Robinson added 15 for the Huskies. Bobby Jones had a solid all-around game, collecting 11 points, eight rebounds and three steals in just 20 minutes.

Pacific, the Big West regular-season champion, has reached the second round of the tournament for the second straight year. After ousting Providence last season, the Tigers toppled another Big East foe on Thursday, eliminating Pittsburgh, 79-71. Pacific never has advanced past the second round.

Big West Player of the Year David Doubley and Christian Maraker scored 17 points apiece against the Panthers and Mike Webb added a career-high 15 off the bench on 5-of-8 shooting from the arc.

The winner of Saturday's game takes on either No. 5 Georgia Tech - last year's runner-up - or No. 4 Louisville in the regional semifinals.