#774 ASA PLAY ON Oregon State +7.5 over Utah, Thursday at 11 PM ET - While the Beavers have had a disappointing season, they’ve been a solid team at home. OSU is 11-5 SU at home this season and in Pac 12 play they’ve covered 6 of their 8 home games. They’ve only lost 1 conference home game by double digits and beat Pac 12 leader Arizona here at Gill Coliseum. The Beavers have faced 3 of the top 4 teams in the conference standings at home this year and they beat Arizona, lost to Washington State by 6, and lost to Oregon by 2. The Utes have been a completely different team away from home this season. On the Pac 12 road they are just 1-7 SU & ATS with their only win coming by 1 point @ UCLA. They average a whopping 13 fewer points on the road compared to at home (84 PPG at home / 71 PPG on the road) and as you might expect their efficiency drops from 1.28 PPP at home to just 1.00 on the road. Hard to lay significant points on the road with those results. OSU is just happy to be back home after a 3 game road trip and 4 of last 5 away from home. The Beavs strength of their defense is defending the arc where they rank #1 in the Pac 12 allowing opponents to shoot just 33%. That plays nicely vs this Utah offense that relies on the 3 ball ranking in the top 100 in percentage of points scored from deep. Lastly, we expect a close game and if the Utes need to try and salt this one away from the FT line, they shoot only 59% from the charity stripe in conference play (last in the Pac 12). Utah started Pac 12 with 5-3 record but have since lost 6 of their last 10 games and now they are laying a hefty price on the road where they have not been successful. Take the points with Oregon State.