| Lineup | Washington State | PG - Raymond Keith (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Ned Ratcliff (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Robert Jones (fresh) PF - Frederick Epps (fresh) 5 pts. 2 blk. C - Dikembe Ali (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Andrew Macon (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael Fetterman (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Daniel Hamilton (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Kevin Jayne (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Spencer Hobbs (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Washington State | Robert Jones inbounds the ball | 23-32 |
| Game Plan | Washington State | Washington State is playing a triangle offense and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:42 | Washington State | Robert Jones travels with the ball | 23-32 |
| 19:19 | NC State | Daniel Hamilton is fouled on the floor by Dikembe Ali - foul #1 on Dikembe Ali, team foul #1 | 23-32 |
| 19:03 | NC State | Frederick Epps is called for the reach on Michael Fetterman - foul #2 on Frederick Epps, team foul #2 | 23-32 |
| 18:40 | NC State | Robert Jones is called for the reach on Daniel Hamilton - foul #2 on Robert Jones, team foul #3 | 23-32 |
| 18:23 | NC State | Michael Fetterman makes the 3pt attempt from the left corner set up by Andrew Macon | 23-35 |
| 18:04 | Washington State | Frederick Epps makes the jumper from the right wing | 25-35 |
| 17:38 | NC State | Andrew Macon can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 25-35 |
| 17:36 | NC State | Spencer Hobbs tips it in | 25-37 |
| 17:30 | Washington State | Ned Ratcliff scores on a 3 from the right wing set up by Robert Jones | 28-37 |
| 17:01 | NC State | Spencer Hobbs's pass is intercepted by Frederick Epps | 28-37 |
| 16:48 | Washington State | Daniel Hamilton picks off the pass by Ned Ratcliff | 28-37 |
| 16:43 | NC State | Daniel Hamilton lays it in | 28-39 |
| 16:25 | Washington State | Robert Jones knocks in the turnaround from the left block set up by Raymond Keith and the foul's on Daniel Hamilton - foul #1 on Daniel Hamilton, team foul #1 | 30-39 |
| Subs | Washington State | Merrill Smith (PG), Paul Vesey (SG), Enoch Truskowski (PF), William Reddy (C) Raymond Keith, Ned Ratcliff, Frederick Epps, Dikembe Ali | |
| Subs | NC State | Freddie Wampler (SG), Matthew Jarrett (SF), Dale Brown (PF), Jimmy Cammack (C) Michael Fetterman, Daniel Hamilton, Kevin Jayne, Spencer Hobbs | |
| 16:25 | Washington State | Robert Jones makes the free throw | 31-39 |
| 16:04 | NC State | Andrew Macon hits a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 31-42 |
| 15:52 | Washington State | Enoch Truskowski is fouled on the floor by Freddie Wampler - foul #1 on Freddie Wampler, team foul #2 | 31-42 |
| Subs | Washington State | Cong Xiong (SF) Robert Jones | |
| Subs | NC State | | |
| Lineup | Washington State | PG - Merrill Smith (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Paul Vesey (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Cong Xiong (fresh) 1 pts. 3 pf. PF - Enoch Truskowski (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - William Reddy (fresh) | |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Andrew Macon (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SG - Freddie Wampler (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Matthew Jarrett (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. PF - Dale Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Jimmy Cammack (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| 15:37 | Washington State | Merrill Smith can't connect on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 31-42 |
| 15:36 | NC State | Freddie Wampler pulls down the rebound | 31-42 |
| 15:30 | NC State | Matthew Jarrett connects on the open runner in the lane on a nice dish by Freddie Wampler | 31-44 |
| 15:05 | Washington State | Paul Vesey misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 31-44 |
| 15:03 | NC State | Dale Brown pulls down the rebound | 31-44 |
| 14:50 | NC State | Matthew Jarrett can't connect on a turnaround from the left block but the foul's on William Reddy - foul #2 on William Reddy, team foul #4 | 31-44 |
| Subs | Washington State | Frederick Epps (PF) William Reddy | |
| Subs | NC State | Michael Fetterman (SG), Daniel Hamilton (SF), Spencer Hobbs (PF) Andrew Macon, Freddie Wampler, Dale Brown | |
| 14:50 | NC State | Matthew Jarrett misses the 1st free throw | 31-44 |
| 14:50 | NC State | Matthew Jarrett misses the 2nd free throw | 31-44 |
| 14:50 | Washington State | Frederick Epps gets the rebound | 31-44 |
| 14:37 | Washington State | Paul Vesey misses badly on a floater from the right side | 31-44 |
| 14:35 | NC State | Daniel Hamilton grabs the board | 31-44 |
| 14:30 | NC State | Matthew Jarrett can't connect on a jump hook near the basket | 31-44 |
| 14:28 | NC State | Matthew Jarrett tips it but misses | 31-44 |
| 14:26 | NC State | Michael Fetterman can't tip it in | 31-44 |
| 14:24 | Washington State | Frederick Epps pulls down the rebound | 31-44 |
| 14:04 | Washington State | Enoch Truskowski makes the 3 from straight away on a nice dish by Cong Xiong | 34-44 |
| 13:42 | NC State | Jimmy Cammack misses short on a turnaround in the lane | 34-44 |
| 13:41 | Washington State | Cong Xiong grabs the board | 34-44 |
| 13:25 | Washington State | Cong Xiong's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 34-44 |
| Subs | Washington State | Raymond Keith (PG), Ned Ratcliff (SG), Dikembe Ali (C) Merrill Smith, Paul Vesey, Enoch Truskowski | |
| Subs | NC State | Freddie Wampler (SG), Kevin Jayne (PF) Matthew Jarrett, Jimmy Cammack | |
| 13:13 | NC State | Daniel Hamilton scores on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 34-47 |
| 12:55 | Washington State | Raymond Keith's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 34-47 |
| Subs | Washington State | Robert Jones (SF), William Reddy (PF) Cong Xiong, Frederick Epps | |
| Subs | NC State | Dale Brown (C) Spencer Hobbs | |
| 12:31 | NC State | Michael Fetterman clanks a 3pt shot from the left wing | 34-47 |
| 12:30 | NC State | Dale Brown gets the offensive rebound | 34-47 |
| 12:12 | NC State | Michael Fetterman makes the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 34-50 |
| 12:02 | Washington State | Ned Ratcliff misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 34-50 |
| 12:01 | Washington State | Robert Jones hits the follow up shot | 36-50 |
| 11:43 | NC State | Daniel Hamilton hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the free throw line | 36-50 |
| 11:42 | Washington State | Dikembe Ali grabs the board | 36-50 |
| Lineup | Washington State | PG - Raymond Keith (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Ned Ratcliff (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Robert Jones (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - William Reddy (fresh) C - Dikembe Ali (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Michael Fetterman (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SG - Freddie Wampler (fresh) 3 ast. SF - Daniel Hamilton (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 3 reb. 3 stl. PF - Kevin Jayne (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Dale Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 11:35 | Washington State | Dikembe Ali scores on a driving attempt from close range set up by Robert Jones | 38-50 |
| 11:11 | NC State | Michael Fetterman misses long on a 3 from straight away | 38-50 |
| 11:09 | Washington State | Ned Ratcliff grabs the defensive rebound | 38-50 |
| 11:03 | Washington State | Raymond Keith comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 38-50 |
| 11:02 | Washington State | William Reddy tips it back up and in | 40-50 |
| 10:46 | NC State | Daniel Hamilton's pass is intercepted by William Reddy | 40-50 |
| 10:30 | Washington State | William Reddy lays it up and in on a great pass from Robert Jones | 42-50 |
| 10:05 | NC State | Kevin Jayne is hacked by William Reddy - foul #3 on William Reddy, team foul #5 | 42-50 |
| Subs | Washington State | Merrill Smith (PG), Paul Vesey (SG), Cong Xiong (SF), Frederick Epps (PF), Enoch Truskowski (C) Raymond Keith, Ned Ratcliff, Robert Jones, William Reddy, Dikembe Ali | |
| Subs | NC State | Andrew Macon (PG), Matthew Jarrett (SF), Spencer Hobbs (PF), Jimmy Cammack (C) Freddie Wampler, Daniel Hamilton, Kevin Jayne, Dale Brown | |
| 09:45 | NC State | Andrew Macon's pass is intercepted by Cong Xiong | 42-50 |
| 09:42 | Washington State | Cong Xiong misses the easy layup | 42-50 |
| 09:41 | NC State | Andrew Macon gets the rebound | 42-50 |
| 09:25 | NC State | Michael Fetterman misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 42-50 |
| 09:23 | NC State | Matthew Jarrett tips it back up and in | 42-52 |
| 09:02 | Washington State | Paul Vesey drills a shot from the left block on a great pass from Merrill Smith | 44-52 |
| 08:43 | NC State | Andrew Macon comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 44-52 |
| 08:41 | Washington State | Merrill Smith snags the defensive board | 44-52 |
| 08:27 | Washington State | Merrill Smith is hacked by Matthew Jarrett - foul #2 on Matthew Jarrett, team foul #3 | 44-52 |
| Subs | Washington State | Ned Ratcliff (SG) Paul Vesey | |
| Subs | NC State | Freddie Wampler (SG) Michael Fetterman | |
| 08:11 | Washington State | Cong Xiong misses badly on a jumpshot from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Freddie Wampler - foul #2 on Freddie Wampler, team foul #4 | 44-52 |
| 08:11 | Washington State | Cong Xiong misses the 1st free throw | 44-52 |
| 08:11 | Washington State | Cong Xiong makes the 2nd free throw | 45-52 |
| 07:47 | NC State | Matthew Jarrett scores on a jumper from the right side | 45-54 |
| 07:36 | Washington State | Enoch Truskowski is whistled for traveling | 45-54 |
| Subs | Washington State | Paul Vesey (SG), Robert Jones (SF), Dikembe Ali (C) Merrill Smith, Cong Xiong, Enoch Truskowski | |
| Subs | NC State | Daniel Hamilton (SF), Kevin Jayne (PF) Matthew Jarrett, Jimmy Cammack | |
| Lineup | Washington State | PG - Ned Ratcliff (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Paul Vesey (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Robert Jones (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Frederick Epps (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. C - Dikembe Ali (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Andrew Macon (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SG - Freddie Wampler (fresh) 3 ast. SF - Daniel Hamilton (fresh) 15 pts. 3 reb. 3 stl. PF - Kevin Jayne (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Spencer Hobbs (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:14 | NC State | Daniel Hamilton misses short on a pull-up jumper from the right wing but the foul's on Robert Jones - foul #3 on Robert Jones, team foul #6 | 45-54 |
| Subs | Washington State | Raymond Keith (PG), William Reddy (PF) Paul Vesey, Frederick Epps | |
| Subs | NC State | Dale Brown (C) Spencer Hobbs | |
| 07:14 | NC State | Daniel Hamilton makes the 1st free throw | 45-55 |
| 07:14 | NC State | Daniel Hamilton makes the 2nd free throw | 45-56 |
| 06:51 | Washington State | Raymond Keith scores on a shot from the left side | 47-56 |
| 06:22 | NC State | Daniel Hamilton clanks a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 47-56 |
| 06:21 | Washington State | William Reddy gets the rebound | 47-56 |
| 05:56 | Washington State | Robert Jones can't connect on a jumper from the free throw line | 47-56 |
| 05:55 | NC State | Kevin Jayne gets the rebound | 47-56 |
| 05:32 | NC State | Andrew Macon misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 47-56 |
| 05:31 | NC State | Dale Brown grabs the offensive board | 47-56 |
| 05:08 | NC State | Dikembe Ali blocks the short jumper by Daniel Hamilton | 47-56 |
| 05:06 | NC State | Kevin Jayne grabs the offensive rebound | 47-56 |
| 04:47 | NC State | The jump hook by Daniel Hamilton is blocked by Robert Jones | 47-56 |
| 04:46 | Washington State | William Reddy pulls down the rebound | 47-56 |
| 04:46 | Washington State | Washington State calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 47-56 |
| Subs | Washington State | Paul Vesey (SG), Cong Xiong (SF), Frederick Epps (PF), Enoch Truskowski (C) Ned Ratcliff, Robert Jones, William Reddy, Dikembe Ali | |
| Subs | NC State | Matthew Jarrett (PG), Michael Fetterman (SG), Spencer Hobbs (PF), Jimmy Cammack (C) Andrew Macon, Freddie Wampler, Kevin Jayne, Dale Brown | |
| Game Plan | Washington State | Washington State is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 04:35 | Washington State | Cong Xiong can't connect on a shot from the free throw line | 47-56 |
| 04:33 | NC State | Matthew Jarrett grabs the board | 47-56 |
| Game Plan | Washington State | Washington State is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 04:13 | NC State | Cong Xiong takes the ball from Daniel Hamilton | 47-56 |
| 04:09 | Washington State | Cong Xiong misses the easy layup | 47-56 |
| 04:07 | NC State | Michael Fetterman pulls down the rebound | 47-56 |
| 03:47 | NC State | Daniel Hamilton is fouled on the floor by Paul Vesey - foul #2 on Paul Vesey, team foul #7 | 47-56 |
| Subs | Washington State | Merrill Smith (PG) Raymond Keith | |
| Subs | NC State | Andrew Macon (PG) Jimmy Cammack | |
| 03:47 | NC State | Daniel Hamilton makes the 1st free throw | 47-57 |
| 03:47 | NC State | Daniel Hamilton makes the 2nd free throw | 47-58 |
| 03:30 | Washington State | Frederick Epps splits the doubleteam but misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing but he's fouled by Michael Fetterman - foul #1 on Michael Fetterman, team foul #5 | 47-58 |
| Subs | Washington State | Dikembe Ali (C) Enoch Truskowski | |
| Subs | NC State | Kevin Jayne (PF) Daniel Hamilton | |
| 03:30 | Washington State | Frederick Epps makes the 1st free throw | 48-58 |
| 03:30 | Washington State | Frederick Epps makes the 2nd free throw | 49-58 |
| Lineup | Washington State | PG - Merrill Smith (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Paul Vesey (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Cong Xiong (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 stl. 3 pf. PF - Frederick Epps (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. C - Dikembe Ali (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Andrew Macon (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SG - Michael Fetterman (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SF - Matthew Jarrett (fresh) 9 pts. 8 reb. PF - Kevin Jayne (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Spencer Hobbs (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 03:05 | NC State | Michael Fetterman is whistled for traveling | 49-58 |
| Subs | Washington State | Ned Ratcliff (SG) Paul Vesey | |
| Subs | NC State | | |
| 02:37 | Washington State | Dikembe Ali's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 49-58 |
| 02:28 | NC State | Matthew Jarrett's pass is intercepted by Merrill Smith | 49-58 |
| 02:25 | Washington State | Merrill Smith lays it in | 51-58 |
| 02:02 | NC State | Spencer Hobbs hits a turnaround in the paint and the foul's on Dikembe Ali - foul #2 on Dikembe Ali, team foul #8 | 51-60 |
| Subs | Washington State | Robert Jones (SF), Enoch Truskowski (PF), William Reddy (C) Cong Xiong, Frederick Epps, Dikembe Ali | |
| Subs | NC State | Freddie Wampler (SG), Daniel Hamilton (SF), Jimmy Cammack (C) Andrew Macon, Matthew Jarrett, Kevin Jayne | |
| 02:02 | NC State | Spencer Hobbs makes the free throw | 51-61 |
| Game Plan | Washington State | Washington State is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 01:51 | Washington State | Robert Jones comes up short on the jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on Daniel Hamilton - foul #2 on Daniel Hamilton, team foul #6 | 51-61 |
| Subs | Washington State | Raymond Keith (PG), Cong Xiong (SF), Frederick Epps (PF), Dikembe Ali (C) Merrill Smith, Ned Ratcliff, Enoch Truskowski, William Reddy | |
| Subs | NC State | Andrew Macon (PG), Kevin Jayne (PF) Freddie Wampler, Jimmy Cammack | |
| 01:51 | Washington State | Robert Jones misses the 1st free throw | 51-61 |
| 01:51 | Washington State | Robert Jones misses the 2nd free throw | 51-61 |
| 01:51 | NC State | Spencer Hobbs gets the rebound | 51-61 |
| 01:29 | NC State | Spencer Hobbs misses short on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 51-61 |
| 01:27 | NC State | Spencer Hobbs tips it back up and in | 51-63 |
| 01:19 | Washington State | Raymond Keith misses the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 51-63 |
| 01:18 | NC State | Kevin Jayne gets the rebound | 51-63 |
| 00:57 | NC State | Spencer Hobbs connects on the fadeaway from the right side | 51-65 |
| Game Plan | Washington State | Washington State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:52 | Washington State | Kevin Jayne swats the layup by Frederick Epps | 51-65 |
| 00:51 | Washington State | Robert Jones tips it but misses | 51-65 |
| 00:49 | NC State | Spencer Hobbs grabs the board | 51-65 |
| Game Plan | Washington State | Washington State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:26 | NC State | Cong Xiong steals the ball from Kevin Jayne | 51-65 |
| 00:18 | Washington State | Robert Jones hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt in the paint | 51-65 |
| 00:16 | Washington State | Frederick Epps tips it home | 53-65 |
| 00:00 | NC State | Andrew Macon runs out the clock | 53-65 |