Orange BasketballPublished: Feb. 11, 2026, 11:03 p.m.
Syracuse Orange forward Donnie Freeman (1) defended by California Golden Bears center Milos Ilic (8) and California Golden Bears guard Semetri Carr (3) at the JMA Wireless Dome Wednesday Feb. 11, 2026, in Syracuse, N.Y. The Dome was partly lit running on auxiliary power following a surge that knocked out most lighting.
Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com
Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com
Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse University announced a crowd of 19,053 for its men’s basketball matchup vs. California at the JMA Wireless Dome on Wednesday night.
The figure represents tickets sold to the game.
Syracuse won the game 107-100 in double overtime.
It was a wild night at the dome as the building experienced two power surges.
The second surge, which occurred in overtime, took out the scoreboards. The court at the JMA Dome remained lit and the game was able to finish out even some residual light lost due to the scoreboards and ribbon lighting being out after the second power surge.
Syracuse has averaged 17,062 tickets sold through 14 home games of the 2025-26 season, a mark that ranks sixth in the country.
SU’s next home game is on Saturday February 14 against SMU at 2 p.m.
Brent Axe, a Syracuse native, has been a sports commentator in Central New York for 25 years and counting.
Axe has been a sports columnist, podcaster and video content producer at Syracuse.com since December… more