Oregon can inch closer to its first conference championship in 11 years when it hosts Oregon State in a Pac-12 game Thursday night. The Ducks began the week tied atop the league with Arizona, which Oregon beat in the only meeting this season. Some good news emanated from the Ducks camp this week when coach Dana Altman said freshman point guard Dominic Artis could play against the Beavers after missing the last nine games with a foot injury. Oregon has gone 5-4 without Artis.Oregon State's season took a bad turn when 6-10 sophomore forward Eric Moreland was suspended for three games in mid-January for violating team rules. Since then, the Beavers have gone 3-11. Moreland averages 9.3 points and 10.6 rebounds, similar to the 9.2 and 9.8 averaged by Oregon senior forward Arsalan Kazemi.TV: 11 p.m. ET, ESPNU.ABOUT OREGON STATE (13-15, 3-12 Pac-12): Roberto Nelson has reached double figures in scoring in 13 straight games, which is tied for the third-longest active streak in the Pac-12. The junior guard is averaging a team-high 17.3 points. Devon Collier and Ahmad Starks are heading the other direction. Collier has been limited to single digits in five of the last six games after finishing below 10 in three of the first 22. Ahmad Starks is shooting 25 percent in the last four games.ABOUT OREGON (22-6, 11-4): E.J. Singler is still trying to locate the consistency he flashed the last two seasons. The 6-6 senior forward is averaging a team-high 11.6 points, but has yet to string together three straight games in double figures. He reached double digits in nine straight in each of the previous two years. Just this month, he scored 21 points on six field-goal attempts against Utah, then came back four days later and scored nine points on 12 shots. He scored a season-high 25 points against Washington State, then shot 1-for-12 the following game against California.TIP-INS1. The Beavers play their final three regular season games on the road.2. Oregon senior forward Carlos Emory is averaging 15.5 points over the last four games.3. Moreland ranks eighth in the NCAA in rebounding, while Kazemi is 17th.PREDICTION: Oregon 75, Oregon State 61