In a storyline that feels like it has played out a thousand times inside John Paul Jones Arena over the last seven years, Louisville fell behind big against Virginia early, made a furious run to keep things interesting in the second half, but ultimately fell by a decisive enough final margin of 63-51.
The loss dropped the Cards to 0-7 all-time in Charlottesville and 2-12 against Virginia since joining the ACC in 2014-15.
U of L was led by Jarrod West, whose hot shooting from Saturday against Notre Dame carried over into Monday. West came off the bench and drilled 4-of-7 shots from beyond the arc on his way to a team-high 14 points as well as a team-high three assists.