Eastman Names Harris Assistant

Head coach Kevin Eastman announced that former Oregon State assistant coach Larry Harris has joined the men’s basketball staff at Washington State.

Harris fills one of the two full-time assistant positions available at WSU. Two weeks ago, Byron Samuels was named head coach at Hampton (Va.) University and Jeff Schneider accepted the head position at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo.

“We were fortunate to replace quality with quality,” said Eastman, who led the Cougars to the third round of the 1995 National Invitation Tournament and an 18-12 overall record in his first season.

Harris worked in the Pacific-10 Conference from 1993-95 as an assistant on Jim Anderson’s Oregon State staff. He began his coaching career at Duquesne University as a volunteer assistant before he moved into a full-time assistant position in 1986.

A native of Cleveland, Harris was a basketball standout at Pittsburgh, then played two seasons in the NBA.

Killebrew to coach

WSU volleyball coach Cindy Fredrick announced that former team captain and All-American setter Keri Killebrew has joined the volleyball staff as an assistant.

Killebrew, 25, replaces Laura Stober, who is now an aide at Indiana University.

Ex-UI player Green sentenced

Former Idaho basketball player Jevon Green was sentenced to five years’ probation and ordered to pay $421.45 in restitution and court fees in Moscow by 2nd District Judge John Bengtson.

Green was facing 14 years in prison on a grand theft charge, but instead received a withheld sentence. If he violates probation, his probation can be revoked and he can be sentenced for the grand theft charge.

In announcing Green’s sentencing, Bengtson said, “Anybody sane looking at your record would send you to the penitentiary. But I guess I’m going to be insane because I’m going to give you one - and just one - more chance.”Bengtson was impressed by Green’s statement that he has learned he must grow up and act responsibly.Green, a highly touted freshman who

played sparingly last season, was charged with buying a CD player with a stolen credit card at midseason and was booted off Idaho’s team.

Allen back to ICU

Boise State football coach Pokey Allen, taken out of intensive care Monday, suffered additional complications stemming from extended cancer treatment and was returned to intensive care Wednesday.

Allen, diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in his arm shortly after guiding the Broncos to the Division I-AA title game last season, remains in fair condition at a Boise hospital.

Volleyball

Former Ferris standout Jaimie Lee, a freshman at Notre Dame, is at the Olympic Festival trials for volleyball. Last year she played on the gold-medal winning team at the Festival. The Trials will also be used to pick the team for the World University Games.

Spokane is playing host to three United States Volleyball Association regional tournaments this weekend.

The boys tournament is at Spokane Falls Community College, the U-12 girls are are Chase Middle School and the U-14 girls are at several different sites. The Power Division is at Mead and Northwood junior highs, Division 2 is at Whitworth on Saturday and Mead High School on Sunday and Division 3 is at University High School and Bowdish Junior High.