Granberry's 27 points lead way as WVU stuns No. 10 L'ville

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- West Virginia outhustled and outplayed Louisville (No. 10 ESPN/USA Today, No. 5 AP) en route to an upset victory.

Takisha Granberry scored 27 points, including hitting six 3-pointers to lead the Mountaineers to a surprising 79-70 victory over the Cardinals.

West Virginia (13-9, 2-7 Big East) had lost seven of its last nine games and wasn't expected to provide much of a challenge for Louisville (21-3, 8-2), which was in second place in the conference.

"We were coming off a disappointing loss to Seton Hall and come here and beat Louisville on their home floor," Mike Carey said. "That's the frustrating thing. I told the girls, we could've been playing like that all year."

Liz Repella had 15 points and 14 rebounds, and Sarah Miles had 22 points and 10 rebounds for the Mountaineers.

"It's exciting," Miles said. "The usual thing is we always get to the end and can't finish. I felt like we finished this time."

All-American Angel McCoughtry led the Cardinals with 27 points and nine rebounds.

Louisville coach Jeff Walz tried a nicer approach than usual at practice leading up to the West Virginia game, which led to a bad practice Friday and a bad game, he said. But it's back to the grind on Monday.

"That's my fault," he said. "It will not happen again. ... If we play [against Notre Dame] like we did tonight, we should save our money and stay home. We'll get embarrassed."

The Cardinals will play Notre Dame on Wednesday.

The teams went back and forth early in the first half but Louisville looked like it had taken charge with a 12-2 run and led 36-25 at the break.

"We went on some runs and instead of buckling down and guarding, we'd lose Granberry in transition, we'd get it to like 9, and she'd hit a 3," Walz said. "We had our chances to put this game away in the first half."

And when they didn't, the Mountaineers had their way in the second.

After a pair of free throws by the Cardinal's Candyce Bingham, and a 3-pointer by Repella, Louisville's lead was 38-28. Eight minutes later a 3-pointer by Alex Sanabria gave West Virginia the lead, 45-43. Five minutes later, a layup by Repella gave West Virginia its largest lead of the game, 59-45, and they cruised from there.

Louisville would get as close as six, twice but was never really back in it.