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The Syracuse Orange men\u2019s basketball team<\/a> hosts the Mercyhurst Lakers for the fourth-straight Syracuse home game at the JMA Wireless Dome on Wednesday, December 17 (12\/17\/2025) at 7 p.m. ET. The game is a streaming exclusive, so here\u2019s what you need to know to watch for free tonight.<\/p>\n Mercyhurst vs. Syracuse will air on ACC Network Extra, a streaming-only channel accessible through ESPN.com or ESPN apps. Fans can access the channel with fuboTV (free trial)<\/a> and other live TV services. Learn more about how to watch ACC Network Extra here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s what you need to know:<\/p>\n What: NCAA men\u2019s basketball regular season<\/p>\n Who: Mercyhurst Lakers vs. Syracuse Orange<\/a><\/p>\n When: Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025<\/p>\n Time: 7 p.m. ET<\/p>\n Where: JMA Wireless Dome, Syracuse, New York<\/p>\n TV: ACC Network Extra<\/a><\/p>\n Live stream: fuboTV (free trial)<\/a>, DIRECTV (free trial)<\/a>, Sling<\/a>, Hulu + Live TV<\/a>, ESPN<\/a><\/p>\n Streaming serviceFree trialPromoMonthly pricefuboTV<\/a>Yes$25 off first month$73.99DIRECTV<\/a>YesN\/A$84.99Sling<\/a>NoBundle & get half off first month$45.99ESPN Unlimited<\/a>NoBundle & save<\/a>$29.99Hulu + Live TV<\/a>YesNo$82.99<\/p>\n Syracuse is trying to get back into the win column after a nail-biter loss to Hofstra on Saturday. The Pride won 70-69 as frustrating call in the final seconds of the game went against the Orange, and dropped Syracuse to 6-4 on the season.<\/p>\n The biggest moment came down to a no-call with the clock winding down. Freshman Kiyan Anthony drove hard to the basket looking for the game-winner. It looked like Hofstra\u2019s Biggie Patterson got a piece of him, but the whistle never came. Hofstra ran out the clock, and the upset was complete.<\/p>\n That final play capped a wild late rally by the Orange. Down 67\u201357 in the closing minutes, Syracuse ripped off 11 straight points to grab a 68\u201367 lead on William Kyle III\u2019s free throws with 56 seconds left. The Dome came alive, but Hofstra answered when German Plotnikov drilled a corner three with 31 seconds to go.<\/p>\n Sadiq White Jr. had a chance to tie it, but split a pair of free throws. Syracuse still had hope after forcing a five-second violation on the inbounds play, setting up Anthony\u2019s final drive and the controversial finish.<\/p>\n Now Syracuse looks ahead to Mercyhurst, who are 4-7 overall after losing 80-47 to Davidson on Saturday, and dropping five of their last six games. It will be a first meeting between the teams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you purchase a product through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. The Syracuse Orange…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63967,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[10561,5956,34185,136,138,137,34186,34187,11242,5422,17549,726,34188,34189],"class_list":{"0":"post-63966","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-erie","8":"tag-acc","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-dome","11":"tag-erie","12":"tag-erie-headlines","13":"tag-erie-news","14":"tag-hofstra","15":"tag-jma","16":"tag-ncaa","17":"tag-orange","18":"tag-pride","19":"tag-sports","20":"tag-su","21":"tag-syraucse"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}