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Syracuse reportedly adds game against Northeastern on Wednesday

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Syracuse is reportedly adding a nonconference game against Northeastern on Wednesday.

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Syracuse has added a game to its schedule on Wednesday against Northeastern, Stadium’s Jeff Goodman reported. An email sent to Northeastern alumni also reportedly stated that the Huskies will travel to the Carrier Dome after their initial game against Bryant was canceled.

Head coach Jim Boeheim said after the Boston College victory on Saturday that SU was trying to schedule another game this week to reach the maximum number of games. Syracuse was initially supposed to host a multi-team event with Binghamton and Niagara, Syracuse.com’s Donna Ditota reported, but the Bearcats paused basketball activities after a COVID-19 case within the program.

“We’re trying to get another game for next week, if we can, to get up to our limit,” Boeheim said postgame on Saturday.

The Orange last faced Northeastern on Dec. 4, 2018 and defeated the Huskies 72-49 behind Oshae Brissett’s 21 points and Elijah Hughes’ 17. 

When the NCAA released its scheduling guidelines, teams could play at most 25 games plus two in a multiple-team event. After SU’s 26th game against Niagara — which was labeled as the “final nonconference game to announce” — SU Athletics said in a statement that the program received an “exemption, related to COVID but one that does not involve anything within our program” to play against Niagara. A potential multiple-team event involving the Bearcats and Purple Eagles hadn’t yet been announced.



Two COVID-19 cases within the program, including one from Boehiem, forced Syracuse to pause for 10 days in November and have one practice day leading up to its season-opener against Bryant. Less than a week later, another positive case from a walk-on forced Buddy Boeheim and four others to miss three of the Orange’s games due to contact tracing. None of the positive cases resulted in the Orange having to cancel a game, and their contact tracing technology helped avoid a second pause.

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Before adding the game against Northeastern, Syracuse was scheduled to play next on Dec. 19 against Buffalo before playing its second Atlantic Coast game against Notre Dame three days later. In the Orange’s most recent win against the Eagles, Alan Griffin led SU with 22 points, while Buddy and Joe Girard III both added 17.

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