LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — The scoreboard told one story. The second-half stat sheet, and the sideline, told another.

Louisville women’s basketball opened its season Tuesday night with a 79-66 loss to top-ranked UConn in the Armed Forces Classic on the campus of the U.S. Naval Academy.

For much of the game, it looked like a repeat of last year’s blowout in Storrs, when Louisville trailed by 46 and lost by 32. The start wasn’t much better. The Cardinals fell behind 14-1, trailed 25-9 after one quarter, and were down by as many as 28 early in the third.

But this time, they kept fighting.

Louisville outscored UConn over the game's final three quarters, including a 26-18 edge in the fourth quarter. A 10-0 run cut the deficit to 10 with 2:22 remaining, sparked by Laura Ziegler’s shooting and

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