| Lineup | Duke | PG - Donald Haugen (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Gregory Wendel (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Mickey Doolan (fresh) 3 pf. PF - Bruce Simmons (fresh) 4 pts. C - Brian Riggs (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Georgia Tech | PG - Rickie Husk (fresh) 9 pts. SG - John Duggan (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Elmer Coronado (fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. PF - Duane Ellenburg (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. C - Gordon Bohan (fresh) 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Duke | Mickey Doolan inbounds the ball | 29-26 |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Georgia Tech | Georgia Tech is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:43 | Duke | Donald Haugen comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the right side | 29-26 |
| 19:41 | Georgia Tech | Rickie Husk gets the rebound | 29-26 |
| 19:31 | Georgia Tech | Brian Riggs denies the turnaround by Elmer Coronado | 29-26 |
| 19:29 | Georgia Tech | Duane Ellenburg can't tip it in | 29-26 |
| 19:27 | Georgia Tech | Duane Ellenburg hits the follow up shot | 29-28 |
| 19:12 | Duke | Donald Haugen splits the doubleteam and buries a 3pt shot from the right corner | 32-28 |
| 18:50 | Georgia Tech | Elmer Coronado splits the doubleteam and buries a shot from the left side set up by Duane Ellenburg | 32-30 |
| 18:37 | Duke | Donald Haugen splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3 from the right corner | 32-30 |
| 18:36 | Duke | Brian Riggs gets the offensive rebound | 32-30 |
| 18:20 | Duke | Elmer Coronado is called for the reach on Mickey Doolan - foul #3 on Elmer Coronado, team foul #1 | 32-30 |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| Subs | Georgia Tech | Cordell Montgomery (PG), Ricky Anderson (C) Elmer Coronado, Gordon Bohan | |
| 18:07 | Duke | Duane Ellenburg swats the shot by Bruce Simmons | 32-30 |
| 18:06 | Georgia Tech | Ricky Anderson grabs the defensive rebound | 32-30 |
| 17:44 | Georgia Tech | Rickie Husk misses long on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 32-30 |
| 17:43 | Georgia Tech | Ricky Anderson hits the follow up shot | 32-32 |
| 17:31 | Duke | Donald Haugen splits the doubleteam but misses short on a floater from just outside the lane but the foul's on Cordell Montgomery - foul #1 on Cordell Montgomery, team foul #2 | 32-32 |
| Subs | Duke | Donald Ross (C) Brian Riggs | |
| Subs | Georgia Tech | Gordon Bohan (C) Duane Ellenburg | |
| 17:31 | Duke | Donald Haugen makes the 1st free throw | 33-32 |
| 17:31 | Duke | Donald Haugen misses the 2nd free throw | 33-32 |
| 17:31 | Georgia Tech | Ricky Anderson gets the rebound | 33-32 |
| 17:17 | Georgia Tech | Gordon Bohan clanks a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 33-32 |
| 17:15 | Georgia Tech | Gordon Bohan tips it in | 33-34 |
| 17:04 | Duke | Donald Ross misses badly on the uncontested jump hook near the basket | 33-34 |
| 17:02 | Georgia Tech | Ricky Anderson gets the rebound | 33-34 |
| 16:56 | Georgia Tech | John Duggan makes the floater in the paint and he's hacked by Mickey Doolan - foul #4 on Mickey Doolan, team foul #1 | 33-36 |
| Subs | Duke | Seymour Lee (PG), Richard Lovelady (SG), Fadey Stanowski (PF), Brian Riggs (C) Donald Haugen, Gregory Wendel, Mickey Doolan, Bruce Simmons | |
| Subs | Georgia Tech | Duane Ellenburg (PF) Ricky Anderson | |
| 16:56 | Georgia Tech | John Duggan makes the free throw | 33-37 |
| 16:44 | Duke | Richard Lovelady knocks in the floater from the right wing on a nice dish by Seymour Lee | 35-37 |
| 16:18 | Georgia Tech | Duane Ellenburg loses the ball out of bounds | 35-37 |
| 16:07 | Duke | Donald Ross is called for a moving pick - foul #2 on Donald Ross, team foul #2 | 35-37 |
| Subs | Duke | Donald Haugen (PG) Seymour Lee | |
| Subs | Georgia Tech | | |
| 15:56 | Georgia Tech | The jump hook by Gordon Bohan is blocked by Brian Riggs | 35-37 |
| 15:55 | Duke | Donald Haugen grabs the defensive rebound | 35-37 |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Donald Haugen (fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. SG - Richard Lovelady (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Donald Ross (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. PF - Fadey Stanowski (fresh) 3 reb. C - Brian Riggs (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | Georgia Tech | PG - Cordell Montgomery (fresh) SG - Rickie Husk (fairly fresh) 9 pts. SF - John Duggan (fairly fresh) 5 pts. PF - Duane Ellenburg (fresh) 9 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. C - Gordon Bohan (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 15:40 | Duke | Brian Riggs drills a turnaround in the lane on a nice dish by Donald Ross | 37-37 |
| 15:12 | Georgia Tech | John Duggan hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the right side | 37-37 |
| 15:11 | Duke | The rebound goes to Brian Riggs | 37-37 |
| 14:56 | Duke | Donald Haugen works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the free throw line | 37-37 |
| 14:54 | Georgia Tech | Duane Ellenburg pulls down the rebound | 37-37 |
| 14:31 | Georgia Tech | Rickie Husk is hacked by Fadey Stanowski - foul #2 on Fadey Stanowski, team foul #3 | 37-37 |
| Subs | Duke | Seymour Lee (PG), Gregory Wendel (SG), Steven Blose (SF), Bruce Simmons (PF) Donald Haugen, Richard Lovelady, Donald Ross, Brian Riggs | |
| Subs | Georgia Tech | Daniel Lamarche (SG), Elmer Coronado (SF), Ricky Anderson (C) Cordell Montgomery, John Duggan, Gordon Bohan | |
| 14:12 | Georgia Tech | Rickie Husk makes the 3 pointer from the right wing on a great pass from Ricky Anderson | 37-40 |
| 13:56 | Duke | Seymour Lee misses the 3 pointer from the left wing | 37-40 |
| 13:54 | Georgia Tech | The rebound goes to Ricky Anderson | 37-40 |
| 13:25 | Georgia Tech | Daniel Lamarche buries a driving attempt in the lane | 37-42 |
| 13:16 | Duke | Bruce Simmons makes the jumpshot from the left side on a great pass from Seymour Lee | 39-42 |
| 12:50 | Georgia Tech | Gregory Wendel steps in front of the Rickie Husk pass | 39-42 |
| 12:46 | Duke | Gregory Wendel jams it | 41-42 |
| 12:18 | Georgia Tech | Elmer Coronado splits the doubleteam but misses short on a jump hook from the left block but he's hacked by Seymour Lee - foul #1 on Seymour Lee, team foul #4 | 41-42 |
| Subs | Duke | Donald Haugen (PG), Mickey Doolan (SF), Donald Ross (C) Seymour Lee, Steven Blose, Fadey Stanowski | |
| Subs | Georgia Tech | John Duggan (SG), Gordon Bohan (C) Rickie Husk, Duane Ellenburg | |
| 12:18 | Georgia Tech | Elmer Coronado misses the 1st free throw | 41-42 |
| 12:18 | Georgia Tech | Elmer Coronado makes the 2nd free throw | 41-43 |
| 12:02 | Duke | Donald Ross scores on a fadeaway from the right block on a great pass from Bruce Simmons and he's hacked by Elmer Coronado - foul #4 on Elmer Coronado, team foul #3 | 43-43 |
| Subs | Duke | Brian Riggs (C) Mickey Doolan | |
| Subs | Georgia Tech | Cordell Montgomery (PG), Duane Ellenburg (PF) Elmer Coronado, Ricky Anderson | |
| 12:02 | Duke | Donald Ross misses the free throw | 43-43 |
| 12:02 | Georgia Tech | The rebound goes to Gordon Bohan | 43-43 |
| 11:48 | Georgia Tech | Duane Ellenburg clanks a jumper from the right side | 43-43 |
| 11:47 | Georgia Tech | Duane Ellenburg hits the follow up shot | 43-45 |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Donald Haugen (fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. SG - Gregory Wendel (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Donald Ross (fresh) 12 pts. 2 reb. PF - Bruce Simmons (fresh) 6 pts. C - Brian Riggs (fresh) 10 pts. 7 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | Georgia Tech | PG - Cordell Montgomery (fresh) SG - Daniel Lamarche (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. SF - John Duggan (fairly fresh) 5 pts. PF - Duane Ellenburg (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 9 reb. 2 blk. C - Gordon Bohan (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 11:41 | Duke | Daniel Lamarche steals the ball from Gregory Wendel | 43-45 |
| 11:25 | Georgia Tech | John Duggan makes the fadeaway from the right wing | 43-47 |
| 11:09 | Duke | Brian Riggs hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt near the basket but he's hacked by Gordon Bohan - foul #2 on Gordon Bohan, team foul #4 | 43-47 |
| Subs | Duke | Richard Lovelady (SG), Mickey Doolan (SF) Gregory Wendel, Bruce Simmons | |
| Subs | Georgia Tech | Rickie Husk (PG) Cordell Montgomery | |
| 11:09 | Duke | Brian Riggs misses the 1st free throw | 43-47 |
| 11:09 | Duke | Brian Riggs misses the 2nd free throw | 43-47 |
| 11:09 | Georgia Tech | Gordon Bohan grabs the defensive rebound | 43-47 |
| 10:47 | Georgia Tech | Rickie Husk misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 43-47 |
| 10:45 | Duke | The rebound goes to Brian Riggs | 43-47 |
| 10:28 | Duke | Donald Haugen works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 43-47 |
| 10:26 | Duke | Richard Lovelady tips it home | 45-47 |
| 10:06 | Georgia Tech | Rickie Husk can't connect on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 45-47 |
| 10:04 | Duke | Richard Lovelady snags the defensive board | 45-47 |
| 09:42 | Duke | Richard Lovelady hits a jumper from the left wing and he's fouled by John Duggan - foul #2 on John Duggan, team foul #5 | 47-47 |
| Subs | Duke | Bruce Simmons (PF) Brian Riggs | |
| Subs | Georgia Tech | | |
| 09:42 | Duke | Richard Lovelady makes the free throw | 48-47 |
| 09:13 | Georgia Tech | John Duggan misses badly on a floater from the right side but he's hacked by Mickey Doolan - foul #5 on Mickey Doolan, team foul #5 | 48-47 |
| Subs | Duke | Seymour Lee (PG), Gregory Wendel (SG), Steven Blose (SF), Fadey Stanowski (C) Donald Haugen, Richard Lovelady, Mickey Doolan, Donald Ross | |
| Subs | Georgia Tech | Ricky Anderson (PF) Duane Ellenburg | |
| 09:13 | Georgia Tech | John Duggan misses the 1st free throw | 48-47 |
| 09:13 | Georgia Tech | John Duggan makes the 2nd free throw | 48-48 |
| 08:53 | Duke | Bruce Simmons misses the shot from the right block but he's fouled by John Duggan - foul #3 on John Duggan, team foul #6 | 48-48 |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| Subs | Georgia Tech | Cordell Montgomery (PG), Duane Ellenburg (PF) Rickie Husk, Ricky Anderson | |
| 08:53 | Duke | Bruce Simmons misses the 1st free throw | 48-48 |
| 08:53 | Duke | Bruce Simmons makes the 2nd free throw | 49-48 |
| 08:34 | Georgia Tech | Steven Blose steals it from John Duggan | 49-48 |
| 08:19 | Duke | Bruce Simmons is fouled on the floor by Duane Ellenburg - foul #2 on Duane Ellenburg, team foul #7 | 49-48 |
| Subs | Duke | Donald Haugen (PG) Seymour Lee | |
| Subs | Georgia Tech | Rickie Husk (PG) Cordell Montgomery | |
| 08:19 | Duke | Bruce Simmons misses the 1st free throw | 49-48 |
| 08:19 | Georgia Tech | The rebound goes to Duane Ellenburg | 49-48 |
| 08:03 | Georgia Tech | Gordon Bohan buries a jump hook from the left block and he's fouled by Fadey Stanowski - foul #3 on Fadey Stanowski, team foul #6 | 49-50 |
| Subs | Duke | Donald Ross (SF), Brian Riggs (C) Steven Blose, Bruce Simmons | |
| Subs | Georgia Tech | | |
| 08:03 | Georgia Tech | Gordon Bohan makes the free throw | 49-51 |
| 07:50 | Duke | Donald Ross misses long on a jumpshot from the right side but he's hacked by Rickie Husk - foul #2 on Rickie Husk, team foul #8 | 49-51 |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| Subs | Georgia Tech | Elmer Coronado (SF) John Duggan | |
| 07:50 | Duke | Donald Ross misses the 1st free throw | 49-51 |
| 07:50 | Duke | Donald Ross makes the 2nd free throw | 50-51 |
| 07:35 | Georgia Tech | Duane Ellenburg hits a jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Daniel Lamarche | 50-53 |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Donald Haugen (fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. SG - Gregory Wendel (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Donald Ross (fresh) 13 pts. 2 reb. PF - Fadey Stanowski (fresh) 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Brian Riggs (fresh) 10 pts. 8 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | Georgia Tech | PG - Rickie Husk (tiring) 12 pts. SG - Daniel Lamarche (tiring) 2 pts. 2 stl. 3 pf. SF - Elmer Coronado (fresh) 11 pts. 6 reb. 4 pf. PF - Duane Ellenburg (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 10 reb. 2 blk. C - Gordon Bohan (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 07:24 | Duke | Donald Ross scores on a floater from the right wing set up by Fadey Stanowski | 52-53 |
| 06:58 | Georgia Tech | Elmer Coronado is called for a charge against the doubleteam - foul #5 on Elmer Coronado, team foul #9 | 52-53 |
| Subs | Duke | Richard Lovelady (SG), Bruce Simmons (PF) Gregory Wendel, Brian Riggs | |
| Subs | Georgia Tech | John Duggan (SF) Elmer Coronado | |
| 06:49 | Duke | Donald Haugen drills a 3pt shot from the left wing set up by Fadey Stanowski | 55-53 |
| 06:20 | Georgia Tech | Rickie Husk drills a 3pt shot from the right wing | 55-56 |
| 06:03 | Duke | Donald Haugen shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the jumpshot from the right side on a nice dish by Richard Lovelady | 57-56 |
| 05:41 | Georgia Tech | Rickie Husk misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 57-56 |
| 05:40 | Duke | Fadey Stanowski gets the rebound | 57-56 |
| 05:19 | Duke | Richard Lovelady misses long on a fadeaway in the lane but he's hacked by Daniel Lamarche - foul #4 on Daniel Lamarche, team foul #10 | 57-56 |
| Subs | Duke | Seymour Lee (PG), Gregory Wendel (SF), Brian Riggs (C) Donald Haugen, Donald Ross, Fadey Stanowski | |
| Subs | Georgia Tech | Cordell Montgomery (PG), Ricky Anderson (C) Rickie Husk, Gordon Bohan | |
| 05:19 | Duke | Richard Lovelady makes the 1st free throw | 58-56 |
| 05:19 | Duke | Richard Lovelady makes the 2nd free throw | 59-56 |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Georgia Tech | Georgia Tech is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 04:54 | Georgia Tech | Gregory Wendel swats the shot by Duane Ellenburg | 59-56 |
| 04:52 | Duke | Gregory Wendel snags the defensive board | 59-56 |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Georgia Tech | Georgia Tech is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 04:23 | Duke | Duane Ellenburg swats the short shot by Richard Lovelady | 59-56 |
| 04:22 | Duke | Gregory Wendel grabs the offensive rebound | 59-56 |
| 04:05 | Duke | Bruce Simmons hits the finger roll set up by Seymour Lee | 61-56 |
| 03:43 | Georgia Tech | Daniel Lamarche throws a bad pass out of bounds | 61-56 |
| Subs | Duke | Donald Haugen (PG), Steven Blose (SF), Fadey Stanowski (PF) Seymour Lee, Richard Lovelady, Bruce Simmons | |
| Subs | Georgia Tech | Rickie Husk (PG), Gordon Bohan (C) Cordell Montgomery, Duane Ellenburg | |
| 03:23 | Duke | Daniel Lamarche steals it from Donald Haugen | 61-56 |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Donald Haugen (fresh) 14 pts. 3 ast. SG - Gregory Wendel (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Steven Blose (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Fadey Stanowski (fresh) 4 reb. 3 pf. C - Brian Riggs (fresh) 10 pts. 8 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | Georgia Tech | PG - Rickie Husk (tiring) 15 pts. SG - Daniel Lamarche (tired) 2 pts. 3 stl. 4 pf. SF - John Duggan (tired) 8 pts. 3 pf. PF - Ricky Anderson (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. C - Gordon Bohan (tiring) 5 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 03:07 | Georgia Tech | Brian Riggs takes the ball from Ricky Anderson | 61-56 |
| 02:46 | Duke | Rickie Husk is called for the reach on Donald Haugen - foul #3 on Rickie Husk, team foul #11 | 61-56 |
| Subs | Duke | Seymour Lee (SG), Donald Ross (SF) Gregory Wendel, Steven Blose | |
| Subs | Georgia Tech | Duane Ellenburg (PF) Ricky Anderson | |
| 02:46 | Duke | Donald Haugen makes the 1st free throw | 62-56 |
| 02:46 | Duke | Donald Haugen makes the 2nd free throw | 63-56 |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Georgia Tech | Georgia Tech is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 02:31 | Georgia Tech | Duane Ellenburg is fouled on the floor by Seymour Lee - foul #2 on Seymour Lee, team foul #7 | 63-56 |
| 02:31 | Georgia Tech | Duane Ellenburg misses the 1st free throw | 63-56 |
| 02:31 | Duke | Donald Ross gets the rebound | 63-56 |
| 02:31 | Duke | Duke calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 63-56 |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Georgia Tech | Georgia Tech is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 02:13 | Duke | Donald Haugen hits a jumpshot from the left wing set up by Donald Ross | 65-56 |
| 02:00 | Georgia Tech | Daniel Lamarche is hacked by Brian Riggs - foul #1 on Brian Riggs, team foul #8 | 65-56 |
| Subs | Duke | Gregory Wendel (SG), Bruce Simmons (PF) Seymour Lee, Fadey Stanowski | |
| Subs | Georgia Tech | | |
| 02:00 | Georgia Tech | Daniel Lamarche misses the 1st free throw | 65-56 |
| 02:00 | Duke | Brian Riggs pulls down the rebound | 65-56 |
| 01:33 | Duke | Gregory Wendel blows the layup | 65-56 |
| 01:31 | Georgia Tech | Duane Ellenburg grabs the defensive rebound | 65-56 |
| 01:07 | Georgia Tech | Bruce Simmons steps in front of the Gordon Bohan pass | 65-56 |
| 00:38 | Duke | Brian Riggs connects on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane set up by Gregory Wendel and he's hacked by Rickie Husk - foul #4 on Rickie Husk, team foul #12 | 67-56 |
| Subs | Duke | Seymour Lee (PG), Richard Lovelady (SG), Fadey Stanowski (PF) Donald Haugen, Gregory Wendel, Bruce Simmons | |
| Subs | Georgia Tech | | |
| 00:38 | Duke | Brian Riggs makes the free throw | 68-56 |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Georgia Tech | Georgia Tech is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:32 | Georgia Tech | Duane Ellenburg lays it in | 68-58 |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Georgia Tech | Georgia Tech is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:09 | Duke | Seymour Lee can't finish the layup but the foul's on Rickie Husk - foul #5 on Rickie Husk, team foul #13 | 68-58 |
| Subs | Duke | Robert Barber (PF) Brian Riggs | |
| Subs | Georgia Tech | Cordell Montgomery (PG) Rickie Husk | |
| 00:09 | Duke | Seymour Lee misses the 1st free throw | 68-58 |
| 00:09 | Duke | Seymour Lee makes the 2nd free throw | 69-58 |
| 00:05 | Georgia Tech | Duane Ellenburg scores on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 69-60 |
| 00:05 | Duke | Duke calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 69-60 |
| Subs | Duke | Donald Haugen (PG), Gregory Wendel (SG), Bruce Simmons (PF), Brian Riggs (C) Seymour Lee, Richard Lovelady, Robert Barber, Fadey Stanowski | |
| Subs | Georgia Tech | | |
| 00:00 | Duke | Donald Haugen runs out the clock | 69-60 |