Arizona freshman forward Kevin Parrom, who has missed the past four games because of a foot injury, likely will be in uniform when the Wildcats play UCLA on Thursday in the opening game of the Pac-10 tournament.

Beyond that, who knows?

“We’re optimistic that Kevin will be available for the game, dressed and able to play,” coach Sean Miller said Tuesday afternoon. “How effective, I’m not sure. …

“He’s making progress. He’s not 100 percent. He can’t damage himself further by playing in the window that we have left. I’m sure we’ll give him an opportunity. It won’t be a big one, but maybe he can add some depth to what we already have and hopefully in that brief time he can be effective.”

Parrom’s value is mostly in his defense, in his ability to guard perimeter threats. He was a starter before being sidelined by the injury, but his role Thursday, if any, would be as a reserve, Miller said. Parrom is averaging 4.5 points and 4.3 rebounds in 16 games.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 at 3:04 pm and is filed under Sports. Tags for this post: Kevin Parrom. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.