College Basketball Roundup : Iowa State Stuns No. 4 Kansas, 77-74

Iowa State Coach Johnny Orr said Kansas’ high national ranking was enough to inspire his team to its 77-74 upset Tuesday night in a Big Eight Conference game at Ames, Iowa.

“The fact they were No. 4 in the nation really fired us up,” Orr said.

Jeff Hornacek sank six free throws in the final minute as Iowa State stopped a Kansas rally and held on to beat the Jayhawks for the fourth time in the last five games.

Iowa State (13-6 overall, 4-2 in league) had missed 9 of 10 free throws, and Kansas (19-3, 4-1) had whittled a 10-point Cyclone lead to one before Hornacek began making his free throws to secure his team’s 13th straight victory at home.

Syracuse 80, Boston College 55--Wendell Alexis scored 21 points in becoming the 27th Syracuse player to go over the 1,000 career mark as the 11th-ranked Orangemen (16-2, 7-1) won the Big East Conference game at Boston.

It was the Eagles’ worst Big East defeat.

Syracuse went on a 25-2 run in a 10-minute span in the second half for a 64-36 lead and breezed the rest of the way, improving to 16-2, 7-1 in the conference.

The Eagles (11-8, 2-6) lost for only the fourth time in 18 Boston Garden appearances since the 1977-78 season.

Louisville 72, LaSalle 60--Sophomore forward Herbert Crook led a balanced scoring attack with 14 points as the 18th-ranked Cardinals gave Coach Denny Crum his 350th career victory with the win at Louisville.

Louisville is 12-6, while LaSalle is 9-11.

LaSalle forward Tim Legler led all scorers with 23 points, most from long range.

Maryland 77, Wake Forest 55--Len Bias scored 21 points and freshman John Johnson added 15 while sinking 7 of 9 shots from the floor as the Terrapins overwhelmed the Demon Deacons in an Atlantic Coast Conference game at College Park, Md.

Maryland (11-8, 1-6) is off to its worst start in 17 years under Coach Lefty Driesell. Wake Forest is 6-14 overall and 0-9 in the ACC.