LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Dre Davis scored 20 points, Sean Pedulla added 16 and No. 23 Mississippi shot 63% in the second half to beat short-handed Louisville 86-63 on Tuesday night in the SEC/ACC Challenge.
Hot shooting jump-started the Rebels (7-1) in both halves, especially during a second-half spurt in which they made seven consecutive baskets over 2:52. That built a 58-41 cushion that Ole Miss later expanded to 27 as it bounced back from its loss last week to No. 12 Purdue.
Davis, who played his first two seasons for Louisville, finished 9 of 12 from the field and scored 13 first-half points. Pedulla made 6 of 11 from the field, including a 3 for the Rebels' first basket.
Chucky Hepburn scored 19 points for the Cardinals (5-3), who have lost forward Kasean Pryor (torn ACL) and guard Koren Johnson (shoulder) to season-ending injuries. Louisville missed its first 12 3-pointers and shot just 33%.
Ole Miss: The Rebels shot 57%, including 40% from deep, and outscored the Cardinals 48-26 in the paint.
Louisville: The Cardinals got to the free-low line often enough to get within single digits late in the first half. They couldn't match Ole Miss' speed, size or shooting after that.
Louisville was about to enter the half down 38-31 before Terrance Edwards Jr. was called for fouling Pedulla as the horn sounded. Pedulla made both free throws for a nine-point edge.
Ole Miss started the game shooting 8 of 11 and then went 8 of 10 to start the second half.
Ole Miss hosts Lindenwood on Saturday night.
Louisville hosts No. 9 Duke on Sunday night to open Atlantic Coast Conference play.
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Mississippi guard Davon Barnes (7) shoots over Louisville guard Reyne Smith during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Mississippi guard Sean Pedulla (3) drives past Louisville guard Reyne Smith (6) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Mississippi guard Sean Pedulla (3) goes in for a layup past Louisville guard Chucky Hepburn during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
ATLANTA (AP) — Former Trump campaign lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, who pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in the Georgia 2020 election meddling case against the president-elect and others, is trying to invalidate that plea.
Chesebro was charged in August 2023, alongside Trump and 17 others, in a sprawling indictment accusing them of participating in a wide-ranging scheme to overturn Trump's loss in the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. He pleaded guilty to a single conspiracy count a few months later after reaching a deal with prosecutors just before he was to go to trial.
His lawyer on Wednesday asked Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee to invalidate the plea after McAfee in September tossed out the charge to which he had pleaded guilty.
“In Georgia, a defendant cannot plead guilty to a charge that does not constitute a crime,” defense attorney Manny Arora wrote, adding that a failure to invalidate his plea would violate Chesebro's constitutional right to due process.
A spokesperson for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis declined to comment on Chesebro's request.
Prosecutors have said Chesebro was part of a plot to have a group of 16 Georgia Republicans sign a certificate falsely saying that Trump had won Georgia and declaring themselves the state’s “duly elected and qualified” electors. He pleaded guilty in October 2023 to one felony charge of conspiracy to commit filing false documents related to the the filing of that document with the federal court in Atlanta.
In a September ruling, McAfee wrote that punishing someone for filing certain documents with a federal court would “enable a state to constrict the scope of materials assessed by a federal court and impair the administration of justice in that tribunal to police its own proceedings.” He concluded that the count must be quashed “as beyond the jurisdiction of this State.”
Chesebro was one of four people to plead guilty in the case in the months following the indictment.
The case against Trump and the remaining defendants is mostly on hold pending a pretrial appeal of an order allowing Willis to remain on the case despite what defense attorneys say is a conflict of interest. Even if the appeals court rules in Willis’ favor, the fate of the case against Trump is unclear with his scheduled return to the White House in January.
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump is reflected in the bullet proof glass as he finishes speaking at a campaign rally in Lititz, Pa., Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
FILE - Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaks during a news conference, Aug. 14, 2023, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
FILE - Kenneth Chesebro speaks to Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee during a hearing where Chesebro accepted a plea deal from the Fulton County district attorney at the Fulton County Courthouse, Oct. 20, 2023, in Atlanta. (Alyssa Pointer/Pool Photo via AP, File)
