Louisville basketball coach Pat Kelsey wants his team's trademarks to be defense, toughness and rebounding, but the No. 6 Cardinals came up short in all three areas Wednesday night as Arkansas dominated in all three of those areas to hand the visitors their first defeat of the season, 89-80, in Bud Walton Arena in Fayatteville, Ark.

Failing their first true road test, the Cards fell to 7-1, while the No. 25 Razorbacks improved to 6-2 in the ACC/SEC Challenge contest as former UK coach John Calipari extended his mastery over Louisville to 14-3.

U of L never led, trailed 47-29 at halftime and fell behind by 20 points, 54-34, 2 1/2 minutes into the second half before finally getting untracked offensively and turning up its defensive effort.

The Cards got back in it with a 12-2 run that nar

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