Ole Miss’ Pete Boone defends Rebels coach

Ole Miss’ Pete Boone defends Rebels coach

Ole Miss athletic director Pete Boone came to men’s basketball coach Andy Kennedy’s defense after Kennedy was arrested on a first-degree misdemeanor assault charge following an incident with a Cincinnati cab driver early Thursday morning.
Kennedy, 40, would coach the Rebels’ game with ninth-ranked Louisville on Thursday night, which was part of the SEC/Big East Invitational at the U.S. Bank Arena. According to the police report, the Rebels’ third-year coach had an altercation with Mohamed Ould Jiddou, a 25-year-old native of Mauritania, a country in northwest Africa, and was arrested at about 1:15 a.m. Thursday.

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12/19/08