For 2nd straight year, Syracuse to host Eastern Michigan in December
For the second consecutive season, Syracuse will host Eastern Michigan, Dec. 27, SU Athletics announced Thursday afternoon.
The Orange owns a 4-1 record against EMU, which lost in the Carrier Dome, 105-57, on Dec. 19 of last year. Eight Syracuse players scored in double digits, led by then-freshman guard Tyus Battle, who tallied 18 points off the bench.
Two days later, SU suffered its worst loss in Dome history, a 93-60 embarrassment to St. John’s that, many experts said, may have contributed to SU missing the 2017 NCAA Tournament.
EMU last beat SU, 68-65, on Dec. 14, 1996, and its head coach Rob Murphy, a former assistant at SU, enters his seventh season at the helm of a team that finished 16-17 last season. Syracuse finished last year 19-15 and lost in the second round of the NIT.
On Wednesday, SU announced the Orange will play St. Bonaventure five days earlier, Dec. 22.
Here’s the Orange’s nonconference schedule:
Friday, Nov. 10: Cornell
Friday/Saturday, Nov. 17/18: Texas Southern
Monday, Nov. 20: Oakland
Wednesday, Nov. 22: Toledo
Saturday, Dec. 2: Kansas (at American Airlines Arena, in Miami)
Tuesday, Dec. 5: Connecticut (at Madison Square Garden)
Tuesday, Dec. 19: Buffalo
Friday, Dec. 22: St. Bonaventure
TBD: Big Ten/ACC Challenge vs. Maryland
Wednesday, Dec. 27: Eastern Michigan
