Oregon @ Arizona State preview

Last Meeting ( Mar 9, 2017 ) Arizona State 57, Oregon 80

Arizona State has hit some bumps since its 12-0 start and the No. 11 Sun Devils look to regain their stride when they host Oregon on Thursday in Pac-12 play. The Sun Devils have lost two of three games since their strong start but have been strong at home, winning all eight games this season.

Arizona State is playing at home for the first time since Dec. 22 and coach Bobby Hurley said there is no reason to panic after the recent slide. "We’re still No. 11 in the country. It’s not that bad," Hurley said at a press conference. "Eleven has been pretty good to me. I like 11, so that’s fine. We’re excited with where we are and what we’ve done. There is still a lot of basketball left to be played." Oregon is trying to find its stride and an inconsistent season got rougher with Saturday's 76-64 loss to Oregon State. "The way we've been losing, we feel like we've been letting games slip away from us and not putting our best foot forth," junior forward Paul White said afterward. "It hurts. ... We just need to find our identity."

TV: 10 p.m. ET, FS1

ABOUT OREGON (11-5, 1-2 Pac-12): The Ducks have a totally revamped roster compared to last season's Final Four squad and the dropoff was again evident in the double-digit loss to Oregon State. "They just outworked us; there's no other way to put it," Oregon coach Dana Altman said afterward. "We've got a lot of work to do. ... We're making some of the same mistakes we made in the second, third game of the season. We just haven't made the improvement I thought we would." Oregon is averaging 81.6 points per game with sophomore guard Payton Pritchard averaging a team-high 15 points, senior guard Elijah Brown averaging 12.9 and freshman forward Troy Brown contributing 12.3 points and a team-best 7.6 rebounds.

ABOUT ARIZONA STATE (13-2, 1-2): Senior guards Tra Holder (Pac-12 leading 21.4 scoring average) and Shannon Evans II (16.9) have paved an attack producing 89.3 points per game with Holder compiling eight 20-point outings and Evans hitting the mark seven times. The Sun Devils are averaging 9.5 3-pointers per game with Evans (43), Holder (40) and senior guard Kodi Justice (39 with a 13.7 average) doing most of the damage. Freshman forward Romello White has been a force in the interior by making 65 percent of his field-goal attempts while averaging 12.8 points and 8.2 rebounds.

TIP-INS

1. Oregon has won nine of the past 10 meetings.

2. Elijah Brown is shooting 94.3 percent from the free-throw line.

3. Holder (1,536 career points) need four points to pass No. 9 Seabern Hill (1967-70) and 14 to pass No. 8 Steve Beck (1984-87) on the Sun Devils' all-time scoring list.

PREDICTION: Arizona State 95, Oregon 83