CINCINNATI — The nightmare conference slate grew darker on Sunday as West Virginia blitzed Cincinnati 63-50 to end any finite at large NCAA Tournament hopes UC once had.

Joseph Yesufu ended a dreadful UC first half by canning a 3-pointer at the buzzer for West Virginia and the Bearcats were down 15 points. Though they played spirited early in the second half, UC could not put anything together Sunday,

Javon Small scored 14 of his 19 points in the first half and Joseph Yesufu added 16 to lead visiting West Virginia past Cincinnati 63-50 on Sunday afternoon in Big 12 action at Cincinnati.