| Lineup | NC State | PG - Leonard Watkins (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Justin Arvin (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. SF - Stefan Rossi (fresh) PF - Bernard Johnson (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Fred Clark (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Bret Vaughn (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Aaron Lee (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Jay Gailey (fresh) 2 ast. PF - Elias Solkowitz (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Tim Morgan (fresh) 16 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Wake Forest | Jay Gailey inbounds the ball | 26-26 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:31 | Wake Forest | Tim Morgan makes the driving attempt near the basket on a nice dish by Aaron Lee and he's hacked by Fred Clark - foul #2 on Fred Clark, team foul #1 | 26-28 |
| 19:31 | Wake Forest | Tim Morgan misses the free throw | 26-28 |
| 19:31 | NC State | Fred Clark grabs the board | 26-28 |
| 19:08 | NC State | Leonard Watkins is fouled on the floor by Bret Vaughn - foul #1 on Bret Vaughn, team foul #1 | 26-28 |
| 18:49 | NC State | Leonard Watkins hits a 3 pointer from the left wing on a nice dish by Justin Arvin | 29-28 |
| 18:28 | Wake Forest | Tim Morgan hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right block but he's fouled by Bernard Johnson - foul #1 on Bernard Johnson, team foul #2 | 29-28 |
| 18:28 | Wake Forest | Tim Morgan makes the 1st free throw | 29-29 |
| 18:28 | Wake Forest | Tim Morgan makes the 2nd free throw | 29-30 |
| 18:04 | NC State | Leonard Watkins misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 29-30 |
| 18:02 | NC State | Justin Arvin pulls down the offensive rebound | 29-30 |
| 17:36 | NC State | Stefan Rossi throws a bad pass out of bounds | 29-30 |
| Subs | NC State | Alvin Chunn (C) Fred Clark | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 17:16 | Wake Forest | Bret Vaughn misses long on a jumper from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Bernard Johnson - foul #2 on Bernard Johnson, team foul #3 | 29-30 |
| 17:16 | Wake Forest | Bret Vaughn makes the 1st free throw | 29-31 |
| 17:16 | Wake Forest | Bret Vaughn makes the 2nd free throw | 29-32 |
| 16:55 | NC State | Alvin Chunn connects on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Leonard Watkins | 31-32 |
| 16:29 | Wake Forest | Tim Morgan misses the jumpshot from the right side | 31-32 |
| 16:27 | NC State | Bernard Johnson pulls down the rebound | 31-32 |
| 16:22 | NC State | Leonard Watkins knocks in the jumpshot from the free throw line on a nice dish by Justin Arvin | 33-32 |
| 15:59 | Wake Forest | Tim Morgan misses the lay-in | 33-32 |
| 15:57 | NC State | Justin Arvin gets the rebound | 33-32 |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Leonard Watkins (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SG - Justin Arvin (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. SF - Stefan Rossi (fairly fresh) PF - Bernard Johnson (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Alvin Chunn (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Bret Vaughn (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Aaron Lee (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SF - Jay Gailey (fairly fresh) 2 ast. PF - Elias Solkowitz (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Tim Morgan (fairly fresh) 20 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 15:34 | NC State | Alvin Chunn loses the dribble to Elias Solkowitz | 33-32 |
| 15:12 | Wake Forest | Tim Morgan banks in the layup set up by Elias Solkowitz | 33-34 |
| 14:45 | NC State | Leonard Watkins loses the ball out of bounds | 33-34 |
| Subs | NC State | Fred Clark (C) Alvin Chunn | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Kyle Blair (PG), David Hackett (SG), Kenneth Smith (PF), Denny Stuart (C) Bret Vaughn, Aaron Lee, Elias Solkowitz, Tim Morgan | |
| 14:20 | Wake Forest | Kyle Blair hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 33-34 |
| 14:18 | Wake Forest | David Hackett grabs the offensive board | 33-34 |
| 13:58 | Wake Forest | Denny Stuart hits a turnaround from close range on a nice dish by Kyle Blair | 33-36 |
| 13:56 | NC State | Kyle Blair is called for the reach on Leonard Watkins in the backcourt - foul #1 on Kyle Blair, team foul #2 | 33-36 |
| 13:33 | NC State | Leonard Watkins clanks a jumper from the left side | 33-36 |
| 13:31 | Wake Forest | The rebound goes to Denny Stuart | 33-36 |
| 13:27 | Wake Forest | Kyle Blair's pass is intercepted by Leonard Watkins in the backcourt | 33-36 |
| 12:59 | NC State | Fred Clark scores on a shot from close range set up by Stefan Rossi | 35-36 |
| 12:44 | Wake Forest | Fred Clark takes the ball from David Hackett | 35-36 |
| 12:23 | NC State | Justin Arvin misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 35-36 |
| 12:21 | NC State | Leonard Watkins tips it in | 37-36 |
| 12:01 | Wake Forest | Denny Stuart hits a shot from the left block on a nice dish by David Hackett and he's hacked by Fred Clark - foul #3 on Fred Clark, team foul #4 | 37-38 |
| Subs | NC State | Aaron Gendreau (SG), Alvin Chunn (SF), Richard Winters (C) Justin Arvin, Stefan Rossi, Fred Clark | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Bret Vaughn (PG), Aaron Lee (SG), Elias Solkowitz (PF) Kyle Blair, David Hackett, Kenneth Smith | |
| 12:01 | Wake Forest | Denny Stuart misses the free throw | 37-38 |
| 12:01 | NC State | Richard Winters snags the defensive board | 37-38 |
| 11:34 | NC State | Aaron Gendreau buries a 3 from the left corner on a nice dish by Richard Winters | 40-38 |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Leonard Watkins (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Aaron Gendreau (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Alvin Chunn (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Bernard Johnson (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Richard Winters (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Bret Vaughn (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Aaron Lee (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Jay Gailey (fairly fresh) 2 ast. PF - Elias Solkowitz (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Denny Stuart (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:07 | Wake Forest | Aaron Gendreau steals it from Aaron Lee | 40-38 |
| 10:39 | NC State | Leonard Watkins misses long on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 40-38 |
| 10:38 | Wake Forest | Denny Stuart grabs the defensive rebound | 40-38 |
| 10:21 | Wake Forest | Aaron Lee hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 40-38 |
| 10:20 | NC State | The rebound goes to Alvin Chunn | 40-38 |
| 10:15 | NC State | Leonard Watkins drills a 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by Alvin Chunn | 43-38 |
| 09:59 | Wake Forest | Bret Vaughn misses the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 43-38 |
| 09:58 | NC State | Alvin Chunn gets the rebound | 43-38 |
| 09:35 | NC State | Aaron Gendreau loses the dribble to Aaron Lee | 43-38 |
| 09:18 | Wake Forest | Denny Stuart hits a 3 from straight away on a nice dish by Aaron Lee | 43-41 |
| 08:56 | NC State | Richard Winters knocks in the turnaround from the left block set up by Bernard Johnson and the foul's on Denny Stuart - foul #1 on Denny Stuart, team foul #3 | 45-41 |
| Subs | NC State | Mark Slaughter (PG), Justin Arvin (SG), Stefan Rossi (SF), Fred Clark (C) Leonard Watkins, Aaron Gendreau, Alvin Chunn, Bernard Johnson | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Kyle Blair (PG), David Hackett (SF), Kenneth Smith (PF), Tim Morgan (C) Bret Vaughn, Jay Gailey, Elias Solkowitz, Denny Stuart | |
| 08:56 | NC State | Richard Winters misses the free throw | 45-41 |
| 08:56 | Wake Forest | The rebound goes to Aaron Lee | 45-41 |
| 08:35 | Wake Forest | Tim Morgan misses the easy layup | 45-41 |
| 08:33 | Wake Forest | David Hackett gets the offensive rebound | 45-41 |
| 08:20 | Wake Forest | Tim Morgan buries a fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Kyle Blair | 45-43 |
| 07:51 | NC State | Aaron Lee is called for the reach on Mark Slaughter - foul #3 on Aaron Lee, team foul #4 | 45-43 |
| Subs | NC State | Aaron Gendreau (PG), Bernard Johnson (PF) Mark Slaughter, Richard Winters | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 07:35 | NC State | Justin Arvin hits a turnaround in the lane | 47-43 |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Aaron Gendreau (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Justin Arvin (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. SF - Stefan Rossi (fairly fresh) PF - Bernard Johnson (tiring) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Fred Clark (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Kyle Blair (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Aaron Lee (fairly fresh) 3 ast. 3 pf. SF - David Hackett (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Kenneth Smith (fresh) C - Tim Morgan (fresh) 24 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 07:15 | Wake Forest | Aaron Lee is hacked by Bernard Johnson - foul #3 on Bernard Johnson, team foul #5 | 47-43 |
| Subs | NC State | Alvin Chunn (SF) Stefan Rossi | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Bret Vaughn (PG), Elias Solkowitz (PF) Kyle Blair, Kenneth Smith | |
| 06:56 | Wake Forest | Elias Solkowitz can't connect on a jumper from the right side | 47-43 |
| 06:54 | Wake Forest | Tim Morgan snags the offensive board | 47-43 |
| 06:32 | Wake Forest | Tim Morgan misses the dunk | 47-43 |
| 06:30 | Wake Forest | The offensive rebound goes to Elias Solkowitz | 47-43 |
| 06:12 | Wake Forest | Tim Morgan hits the front of the rim on the turnaround near the basket but he's hacked by Fred Clark - foul #4 on Fred Clark, team foul #6 | 47-43 |
| Subs | NC State | Leonard Watkins (PG) Aaron Gendreau | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Jay Gailey (SF) David Hackett | |
| 06:12 | Wake Forest | Tim Morgan makes the 1st free throw | 47-44 |
| 06:12 | Wake Forest | Tim Morgan makes the 2nd free throw | 47-45 |
| 06:00 | NC State | Alvin Chunn throws a bad pass out of bounds | 47-45 |
| 05:34 | Wake Forest | Leonard Watkins is called for the reach on Jay Gailey - foul #2 on Leonard Watkins, team foul #7 | 47-45 |
| Subs | NC State | Stefan Rossi (SF), Richard Winters (PF) Bernard Johnson, Fred Clark | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Kyle Blair (PG), Kenneth Smith (C) Bret Vaughn, Tim Morgan | |
| 05:34 | Wake Forest | Jay Gailey misses the 1st free throw | 47-45 |
| 05:34 | NC State | Alvin Chunn pulls down the rebound | 47-45 |
| 05:09 | NC State | Justin Arvin connects on the fadeaway jumper from the right side set up by Stefan Rossi | 49-45 |
| 04:49 | Wake Forest | Kenneth Smith's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 49-45 |
| Subs | NC State | Fred Clark (C) Alvin Chunn | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | David Hackett (SG) Aaron Lee | |
| 04:44 | NC State | Leonard Watkins's pass is intercepted by David Hackett in the backcourt | 49-45 |
| 04:22 | Wake Forest | Kyle Blair can't connect on a floater from the left side but he's hacked by Leonard Watkins - foul #3 on Leonard Watkins, team foul #8 | 49-45 |
| Subs | NC State | | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Bret Vaughn (SG), Tim Morgan (C) Jay Gailey, Elias Solkowitz | |
| 04:22 | Wake Forest | Kyle Blair makes the 1st free throw | 49-46 |
| 04:22 | Wake Forest | Kyle Blair makes the 2nd free throw | 49-47 |
| 03:55 | NC State | Fred Clark misses the jumpshot from the left side but the foul's on Kenneth Smith - foul #3 on Kenneth Smith, team foul #5 | 49-47 |
| Subs | NC State | Bernard Johnson (PF) Richard Winters | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Jay Gailey (SF) Kyle Blair | |
| 03:55 | NC State | Fred Clark misses the 1st free throw | 49-47 |
| 03:55 | NC State | Fred Clark makes the 2nd free throw | 50-47 |
| 03:37 | Wake Forest | Tim Morgan drills a runner from the right block | 50-49 |
| 03:23 | NC State | Leonard Watkins misses long on a shot from the left side | 50-49 |
| 03:21 | NC State | Bernard Johnson grabs the offensive board | 50-49 |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Leonard Watkins (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Justin Arvin (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 4 reb. SF - Stefan Rossi (fairly fresh) PF - Bernard Johnson (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. C - Fred Clark (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Bret Vaughn (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - David Hackett (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Jay Gailey (fairly fresh) 2 ast. PF - Kenneth Smith (fresh) 3 pf. C - Tim Morgan (fresh) 28 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 02:58 | NC State | Leonard Watkins buries a 3pt jumper from the left wing set up by Justin Arvin | 53-49 |
| 02:58 | Wake Forest | Wake Forest calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 53-49 |
| Subs | NC State | Alvin Chunn (C) Fred Clark | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Elias Solkowitz (PF) Kenneth Smith | |
| 02:29 | Wake Forest | Stefan Rossi steals it from Tim Morgan | 53-49 |
| 02:25 | NC State | Justin Arvin banks in the layup set up by Stefan Rossi | 55-49 |
| 02:03 | Wake Forest | Tim Morgan can't connect on a fadeaway in the lane | 55-49 |
| 02:02 | NC State | Justin Arvin grabs the defensive rebound | 55-49 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 01:57 | NC State | Leonard Watkins is hacked by Tim Morgan - foul #1 on Tim Morgan, team foul #6 | 55-49 |
| Subs | NC State | Fred Clark (C) Stefan Rossi | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Aaron Lee (SG) David Hackett | |
| 01:56 | NC State | Leonard Watkins is fouled on the floor by Bret Vaughn - foul #2 on Bret Vaughn, team foul #7 | 55-49 |
| 01:56 | NC State | Leonard Watkins makes the 1st free throw | 56-49 |
| 01:56 | NC State | Leonard Watkins makes the 2nd free throw | 57-49 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a motion offense and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 01:49 | Wake Forest | Tim Morgan hits a turnaround in the paint on a great pass from Jay Gailey | 57-51 |
| 01:48 | NC State | Bret Vaughn is called for the reach on Leonard Watkins in the backcourt - foul #3 on Bret Vaughn, team foul #8 | 57-51 |
| 01:48 | NC State | Leonard Watkins misses the 1st free throw | 57-51 |
| 01:48 | Wake Forest | The rebound goes to Tim Morgan | 57-51 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 01:28 | Wake Forest | Jay Gailey is hacked by Justin Arvin - foul #1 on Justin Arvin, team foul #9 | 57-51 |
| Subs | NC State | Stefan Rossi (SF) Alvin Chunn | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 01:28 | Wake Forest | Jay Gailey makes the 1st free throw | 57-52 |
| 01:28 | Wake Forest | Jay Gailey misses the 2nd free throw | 57-52 |
| 01:28 | NC State | Bernard Johnson grabs the board | 57-52 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 01:07 | NC State | Bernard Johnson makes the pull-up jumper from the right side | 59-52 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:49 | Wake Forest | Tim Morgan misses the runner from the right block | 59-52 |
| 00:47 | Wake Forest | Bret Vaughn tips it back up and in | 59-54 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a flex offense and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:44 | NC State | Justin Arvin is fouled in the backcourt by Aaron Lee - foul #4 on Aaron Lee, team foul #9 | 59-54 |
| Subs | NC State | Alvin Chunn (SF) Stefan Rossi | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 00:44 | NC State | Justin Arvin makes the 1st free throw | 60-54 |
| 00:44 | NC State | Justin Arvin makes the 2nd free throw | 61-54 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:39 | Wake Forest | Tim Morgan misses the easy layup but he's hacked by Alvin Chunn - foul #1 on Alvin Chunn, team foul #10 | 61-54 |
| Subs | NC State | Stefan Rossi (SF) Alvin Chunn | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 00:39 | Wake Forest | Tim Morgan makes the 1st free throw | 61-55 |
| 00:39 | Wake Forest | Tim Morgan misses the 2nd free throw | 61-55 |
| 00:39 | NC State | Bernard Johnson snags the defensive board | 61-55 |
| 00:37 | NC State | Bernard Johnson is hacked by Aaron Lee in the backcourt - foul #5 on Aaron Lee, team foul #10 | 61-55 |
| Subs | NC State | Alvin Chunn (SF) Stefan Rossi | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | David Hackett (SG) Aaron Lee | |
| 00:37 | NC State | Bernard Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 62-55 |
| 00:37 | NC State | Bernard Johnson misses the 2nd free throw | 62-55 |
| 00:37 | Wake Forest | Tim Morgan snags the defensive board | 62-55 |
| 00:31 | Wake Forest | Bret Vaughn makes the 3 from straight away set up by Elias Solkowitz | 62-58 |
| 00:28 | NC State | Justin Arvin is hacked by David Hackett in the backcourt - foul #3 on David Hackett, team foul #11 | 62-58 |
| Subs | NC State | Stefan Rossi (SF) Alvin Chunn | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 00:28 | NC State | Justin Arvin makes the 1st free throw | 63-58 |
| 00:28 | NC State | Justin Arvin makes the 2nd free throw | 64-58 |
| 00:23 | Wake Forest | Bret Vaughn hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 64-58 |
| 00:21 | NC State | Stefan Rossi pulls down the rebound | 64-58 |
| 00:19 | NC State | Bret Vaughn is called for the reach on Stefan Rossi in the backcourt - foul #4 on Bret Vaughn, team foul #12 | 64-58 |
| Subs | NC State | Alvin Chunn (C) Fred Clark | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 00:19 | NC State | Stefan Rossi misses the 1st free throw | 64-58 |
| 00:19 | NC State | Stefan Rossi makes the 2nd free throw | 65-58 |
| 00:13 | Wake Forest | Leonard Watkins steals the ball from Bret Vaughn | 65-58 |
| 00:10 | NC State | Justin Arvin is hacked by David Hackett in the backcourt - foul #4 on David Hackett, team foul #13 | 65-58 |
| Subs | NC State | Fred Clark (C) Stefan Rossi | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 00:10 | NC State | Justin Arvin makes the 1st free throw | 66-58 |
| 00:10 | NC State | Justin Arvin misses the 2nd free throw | 66-58 |
| 00:10 | Wake Forest | Tim Morgan grabs the defensive rebound | 66-58 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:04 | Wake Forest | David Hackett comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 66-58 |
| 00:02 | Wake Forest | Tim Morgan grabs the offensive board | 66-58 |
| 00:00 | Wake Forest | The clock runs out | 66-58 |