| Lineup | Clemson | PG - David Smith (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Alan Binder (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Mark Hanes (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Thomas McCaskey (fresh) 3 reb. C - Clyde Matthews (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Matthew Young (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Kevin Harjo (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Douglas Edwards (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. PF - Clarence Cox (fresh) 3 pts. 7 reb. C - Gary Stanford (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Wake Forest | Douglas Edwards inbounds the ball | 14-22 |
| Game Plan | Clemson | Clemson is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:36 | Wake Forest | Douglas Edwards hits a jumper from the left block on a nice dish by Kevin Harjo and he's hacked by Mark Hanes - foul #2 on Mark Hanes, team foul #1 | 14-24 |
| 19:36 | Wake Forest | Douglas Edwards makes the free throw | 14-25 |
| 19:21 | Clemson | Alan Binder hits a 3 from the right corner | 17-25 |
| 18:52 | Wake Forest | Kevin Harjo hits a 3 from the right wing on a great pass from Matthew Young | 17-28 |
| 18:41 | Clemson | Thomas McCaskey buries a jumper from the right wing | 19-28 |
| 18:21 | Wake Forest | Kevin Harjo comes up short on the fadeaway from the left side but the foul's on Alan Binder - foul #2 on Alan Binder, team foul #2 | 19-28 |
| 18:21 | Wake Forest | Kevin Harjo misses the 1st free throw | 19-28 |
| 18:21 | Wake Forest | Kevin Harjo makes the 2nd free throw | 19-29 |
| 18:07 | Clemson | David Smith comes up short on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 19-29 |
| 18:05 | Wake Forest | The rebound goes to Douglas Edwards | 19-29 |
| 18:03 | Wake Forest | Matthew Young is fouled in the backcourt by David Smith - foul #2 on David Smith, team foul #3 | 19-29 |
| 17:41 | Wake Forest | Clarence Cox scores on a jump hook in the paint set up by Douglas Edwards | 19-31 |
| 17:18 | Clemson | Kevin Harjo steals the ball from Clyde Matthews | 19-31 |
| 16:57 | Wake Forest | Clarence Cox is hacked by Thomas McCaskey - foul #2 on Thomas McCaskey, team foul #4 | 19-31 |
| Subs | Clemson | John Richardson (SF), Kwayera Aho (C) Mark Hanes, Clyde Matthews | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Paul Stephens (PG), Johnny Williams (SF), Matthew Corbett (C) Matthew Young, Douglas Edwards, Gary Stanford | |
| 16:45 | Wake Forest | Johnny Williams can't connect on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 19-31 |
| 16:43 | Wake Forest | Matthew Corbett gets the offensive rebound | 19-31 |
| 16:26 | Wake Forest | Kevin Harjo misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 19-31 |
| 16:25 | Clemson | Kwayera Aho grabs the defensive rebound | 19-31 |
| 16:02 | Clemson | Kwayera Aho buries a pull-up jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Thomas McCaskey and he's hacked by Johnny Williams - foul #1 on Johnny Williams, team foul #1 | 21-31 |
| Subs | Clemson | Felipe Guzman (SG), Raymond Jones (SF), Ricky Johnson (C) David Smith, Alan Binder, Thomas McCaskey | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Alec Jones (SG) Kevin Harjo | |
| 16:02 | Clemson | Kwayera Aho makes the free throw | 22-31 |
| Lineup | Clemson | PG - John Richardson (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Felipe Guzman (fresh) SF - Raymond Jones (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Kwayera Aho (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Ricky Johnson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Paul Stephens (fresh) 1 pts. 3 ast. SG - Alec Jones (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Johnny Williams (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Clarence Cox (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 7 reb. C - Matthew Corbett (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:36 | Wake Forest | Matthew Corbett is called for the illegal screen - foul #1 on Matthew Corbett, team foul #2 | 22-31 |
| Subs | Clemson | Mark Hanes (SF), Clyde Matthews (C) Raymond Jones, Ricky Johnson | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Douglas Edwards (SF) Johnny Williams | |
| 15:22 | Clemson | John Richardson throws a bad pass out of bounds | 22-31 |
| Subs | Clemson | | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Matthew Young (PG), Gary Stanford (C) Alec Jones, Matthew Corbett | |
| 14:53 | Wake Forest | Matthew Young scores on a 3 pointer from the left corner set up by Paul Stephens | 22-34 |
| 14:29 | Clemson | Mark Hanes makes the runner from the right block | 24-34 |
| 14:07 | Wake Forest | Clarence Cox knocks in the floater from the right block and the foul's on Kwayera Aho - foul #1 on Kwayera Aho, team foul #5 | 24-36 |
| Subs | Clemson | David Smith (PG), Alan Binder (SG), Thomas McCaskey (PF) John Richardson, Felipe Guzman, Kwayera Aho | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Kevin Harjo (SG), Johnny Williams (SF) Paul Stephens, Douglas Edwards | |
| 14:07 | Wake Forest | Clarence Cox misses the free throw | 24-36 |
| 14:07 | Clemson | Mark Hanes gets the rebound | 24-36 |
| 13:47 | Clemson | Mark Hanes scores on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 27-36 |
| 13:21 | Wake Forest | Matthew Young clanks a fadeaway jumper from the right wing but the foul's on David Smith - foul #3 on David Smith, team foul #6 | 27-36 |
| Subs | Clemson | John Richardson (SF), Kwayera Aho (C) Mark Hanes, Clyde Matthews | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Matthew Corbett (C) Gary Stanford | |
| 13:21 | Wake Forest | Matthew Young makes the 1st free throw | 27-37 |
| 13:21 | Wake Forest | Matthew Young makes the 2nd free throw | 27-38 |
| 13:09 | Clemson | John Richardson misses short on a 3pt shot from the left corner but the foul's on Kevin Harjo - foul #1 on Kevin Harjo, team foul #3 | 27-38 |
| Subs | Clemson | | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Paul Stephens (PG) Matthew Young | |
| 13:09 | Clemson | John Richardson makes the 1st free throw | 28-38 |
| 13:09 | Clemson | John Richardson makes the 2nd free throw | 29-38 |
| 13:09 | Clemson | John Richardson makes the 3rd free throw | 30-38 |
| 12:54 | Wake Forest | Kevin Harjo's pass is intercepted by John Richardson | 30-38 |
| 12:33 | Clemson | Thomas McCaskey misses the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 30-38 |
| 12:32 | Wake Forest | Clarence Cox snags the defensive board | 30-38 |
| 12:07 | Wake Forest | Paul Stephens is hacked by Kwayera Aho - foul #2 on Kwayera Aho, team foul #7 | 30-38 |
| Subs | Clemson | Clyde Matthews (C) Kwayera Aho | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Douglas Edwards (SF) Johnny Williams | |
| 12:07 | Wake Forest | Paul Stephens makes the 1st free throw | 30-39 |
| 12:07 | Wake Forest | Paul Stephens misses the 2nd free throw | 30-39 |
| 12:07 | Clemson | The rebound goes to Thomas McCaskey | 30-39 |
| 11:49 | Clemson | Clyde Matthews clanks a fadeaway from the left side but he's fouled by Douglas Edwards - foul #1 on Douglas Edwards, team foul #4 | 30-39 |
| Subs | Clemson | Mark Hanes (SF) John Richardson | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Gary Stanford (C) Matthew Corbett | |
| 11:49 | Clemson | Clyde Matthews makes the 1st free throw | 31-39 |
| 11:49 | Clemson | Clyde Matthews misses the 2nd free throw | 31-39 |
| 11:49 | Wake Forest | The rebound goes to Gary Stanford | 31-39 |
| Lineup | Clemson | PG - David Smith (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Alan Binder (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Mark Hanes (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. PF - Thomas McCaskey (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Clyde Matthews (fresh) 1 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Paul Stephens (fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. SG - Kevin Harjo (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Douglas Edwards (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. PF - Clarence Cox (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 8 reb. C - Gary Stanford (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 11:41 | Wake Forest | Alan Binder steals the ball from Paul Stephens | 31-39 |
| 11:37 | Clemson | Alan Binder blows the layup | 31-39 |
| 11:36 | Wake Forest | Kevin Harjo gets the rebound | 31-39 |
| 11:13 | Wake Forest | Douglas Edwards misses the lay-in | 31-39 |
| 11:12 | Wake Forest | Clarence Cox tips it back up and in | 31-41 |
| 11:01 | Clemson | David Smith clanks a 3 from straight away | 31-41 |
| 11:00 | Wake Forest | The rebound goes to Gary Stanford | 31-41 |
| 10:38 | Wake Forest | Paul Stephens can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 31-41 |
| 10:37 | Clemson | Alan Binder snags the defensive board | 31-41 |
| 10:23 | Clemson | The jump hook by Thomas McCaskey is blocked by Clarence Cox | 31-41 |
| 10:21 | Wake Forest | Douglas Edwards snags the defensive board | 31-41 |
| 09:54 | Wake Forest | Kevin Harjo hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 31-41 |
| 09:53 | Wake Forest | Paul Stephens hits the follow up shot | 31-43 |
| 09:37 | Clemson | Clarence Cox blocks the short jumper by Clyde Matthews | 31-43 |
| 09:35 | Wake Forest | Douglas Edwards grabs the board | 31-43 |
| 09:30 | Wake Forest | Paul Stephens drills a 3 pointer from the left corner on a nice dish by Gary Stanford | 31-46 |
| 09:21 | Clemson | Clyde Matthews connects on the 3pt shot from the right corner set up by David Smith | 34-46 |
| 08:52 | Wake Forest | Kevin Harjo hits a 3pt shot from the left corner on a great pass from Douglas Edwards | 34-49 |
| Game Plan | Clemson | Clemson is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 08:29 | Clemson | Clyde Matthews knocks in the floater from the left block set up by Thomas McCaskey and he's fouled by Gary Stanford - foul #1 on Gary Stanford, team foul #5 | 36-49 |
| Subs | Clemson | John Richardson (PG), Felipe Guzman (SG), Raymond Jones (SF), Kwayera Aho (PF) David Smith, Alan Binder, Mark Hanes, Thomas McCaskey | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Matthew Young (PG), Peter Jordan (SF), Johnny Williams (PF), Matthew Corbett (C) Kevin Harjo, Douglas Edwards, Clarence Cox, Gary Stanford | |
| 08:29 | Clemson | Clyde Matthews makes the free throw | 37-49 |
| 08:05 | Wake Forest | Peter Jordan is fouled on the floor by Raymond Jones - foul #3 on Raymond Jones, team foul #8 | 37-49 |
| Subs | Clemson | Ricky Johnson (C) Clyde Matthews | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 08:05 | Wake Forest | Peter Jordan makes the 1st free throw | 37-50 |
| 08:05 | Wake Forest | Peter Jordan makes the 2nd free throw | 37-51 |
| Game Plan | Clemson | Clemson is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 07:45 | Clemson | Ricky Johnson hits the finger roll | 39-51 |
| Lineup | Clemson | PG - John Richardson (fresh) 6 pts. 2 stl. SG - Felipe Guzman (fresh) SF - Raymond Jones (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. PF - Kwayera Aho (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Ricky Johnson (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Matthew Young (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Paul Stephens (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 ast. SF - Peter Jordan (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Johnny Williams (fresh) 2 pts. C - Matthew Corbett (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:32 | Wake Forest | Paul Stephens hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right wing | 39-51 |
| 07:30 | Clemson | The rebound goes to Ricky Johnson | 39-51 |
| 07:14 | Clemson | Kwayera Aho is fouled on the floor by Johnny Williams - foul #2 on Johnny Williams, team foul #6 | 39-51 |
| 07:02 | Clemson | Kwayera Aho misses the lay-in but he's fouled by Matthew Corbett - foul #2 on Matthew Corbett, team foul #7 | 39-51 |
| Subs | Clemson | | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Alec Jones (SG) Paul Stephens | |
| 07:02 | Clemson | Kwayera Aho makes the 1st free throw | 40-51 |
| 07:02 | Clemson | Kwayera Aho makes the 2nd free throw | 41-51 |
| 06:41 | Wake Forest | Matthew Corbett's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 41-51 |
| Subs | Clemson | David Smith (PG) Felipe Guzman | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 06:29 | Clemson | Raymond Jones misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 41-51 |
| 06:28 | Wake Forest | Alec Jones grabs the board | 41-51 |
| 06:00 | Wake Forest | Matthew Corbett is fouled on the floor by Ricky Johnson - foul #1 on Ricky Johnson, team foul #9 | 41-51 |
| Subs | Clemson | Alan Binder (SG), Mark Hanes (SF) John Richardson, Raymond Jones | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Paul Stephens (PG), Douglas Edwards (SF), Clarence Cox (PF) Matthew Young, Peter Jordan, Johnny Williams | |
| 06:00 | Wake Forest | Matthew Corbett makes the 1st free throw | 41-52 |
| 06:00 | Wake Forest | Matthew Corbett makes the 2nd free throw | 41-53 |
| 05:44 | Clemson | Mark Hanes is hacked by Alec Jones - foul #2 on Alec Jones, team foul #8 | 41-53 |
| Subs | Clemson | Thomas McCaskey (PF), Clyde Matthews (C) Kwayera Aho, Ricky Johnson | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Kevin Harjo (SG), Gary Stanford (C) Alec Jones, Matthew Corbett | |
| 05:44 | Clemson | Mark Hanes makes the 1st free throw | 42-53 |
| 05:44 | Clemson | Mark Hanes makes the 2nd free throw | 43-53 |
| 05:24 | Wake Forest | Clarence Cox misses long on a jumper in the paint | 43-53 |
| 05:23 | Clemson | David Smith grabs the defensive rebound | 43-53 |
| 05:06 | Clemson | Mark Hanes misses short on a 3 from straight away | 43-53 |
| 05:04 | Wake Forest | Paul Stephens gets the rebound | 43-53 |
| 04:49 | Wake Forest | Paul Stephens connects on the 3 pointer from the left corner on a great pass from Kevin Harjo | 43-56 |
| Game Plan | Clemson | Clemson is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 04:35 | Clemson | David Smith scores on a floater from the right wing on a nice dish by Alan Binder | 45-56 |
| 04:22 | Wake Forest | Paul Stephens clanks a shot from just outside the lane but he's hacked by David Smith - foul #4 on David Smith, team foul #10 | 45-56 |
| Subs | Clemson | John Richardson (PG), Raymond Jones (SF) David Smith, Mark Hanes | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Matthew Corbett (C) Gary Stanford | |
| 04:22 | Wake Forest | Paul Stephens makes the 1st free throw | 45-57 |
| 04:22 | Wake Forest | Paul Stephens misses the 2nd free throw | 45-57 |
| 04:22 | Clemson | Thomas McCaskey snags the defensive board | 45-57 |
| 04:14 | Clemson | Thomas McCaskey clanks a jumpshot from the right wing but the foul's on Clarence Cox - foul #2 on Clarence Cox, team foul #9 | 45-57 |
| Subs | Clemson | Kwayera Aho (C) Clyde Matthews | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Matthew Young (PG) Paul Stephens | |
| 04:14 | Clemson | Thomas McCaskey makes the 1st free throw | 46-57 |
| 04:14 | Clemson | Thomas McCaskey makes the 2nd free throw | 47-57 |
| 03:59 | Wake Forest | Douglas Edwards lays it in on a nice dish by Clarence Cox | 47-59 |
| 03:35 | Clemson | Raymond Jones drills a jumpshot from the right wing | 49-59 |
| Lineup | Clemson | PG - John Richardson (fresh) 6 pts. 2 stl. SG - Alan Binder (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Raymond Jones (fresh) 4 pts. 3 pf. PF - Thomas McCaskey (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Kwayera Aho (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Matthew Young (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Kevin Harjo (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Douglas Edwards (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 7 reb. PF - Clarence Cox (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 9 reb. 3 blk. C - Matthew Corbett (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Clemson | Clemson is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 03:12 | Wake Forest | Douglas Edwards's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 49-59 |
| Subs | Clemson | David Smith (PG), Felipe Guzman (SG), Clyde Matthews (C) Alan Binder, Raymond Jones, Thomas McCaskey | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Paul Stephens (SG), Johnny Williams (SF), Gary Stanford (C) Kevin Harjo, Douglas Edwards, Matthew Corbett | |
| 02:56 | Clemson | Gary Stanford is called for the reach on Kwayera Aho - foul #2 on Gary Stanford, team foul #10 | 49-59 |
| Subs | Clemson | Mark Hanes (SF) Felipe Guzman | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Peter Jordan (SF) Clarence Cox | |
| 02:56 | Clemson | Kwayera Aho makes the 1st free throw | 50-59 |
| 02:56 | Clemson | Kwayera Aho misses the 2nd free throw | 50-59 |
| 02:56 | Wake Forest | Johnny Williams grabs the defensive rebound | 50-59 |
| 02:56 | Wake Forest | Wake Forest calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 50-59 |
| 02:34 | Wake Forest | Gary Stanford is fouled on the floor by Clyde Matthews - foul #1 on Clyde Matthews, team foul #11 | 50-59 |
| Subs | Clemson | Alan Binder (SG), Thomas McCaskey (PF) John Richardson, Kwayera Aho | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Kevin Harjo (SG), Douglas Edwards (SF), Clarence Cox (PF) Paul Stephens, Peter Jordan, Johnny Williams | |
| 02:34 | Wake Forest | Gary Stanford misses the 1st free throw | 50-59 |
| 02:34 | Wake Forest | Gary Stanford makes the 2nd free throw | 50-60 |
| 02:19 | Clemson | David Smith hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the right side | 50-60 |
| 02:17 | Wake Forest | The rebound goes to Matthew Young | 50-60 |
| 01:48 | Wake Forest | Matthew Young scores on a 3 from the right wing on a great pass from Douglas Edwards | 50-63 |
| 01:43 | Clemson | Mark Hanes clanks a jump hook in the lane but the foul's on Gary Stanford - foul #3 on Gary Stanford, team foul #11 | 50-63 |
| Subs | Clemson | John Richardson (PG), Felipe Guzman (SG), Kwayera Aho (PF), Ricky Johnson (C) David Smith, Alan Binder, Thomas McCaskey, Clyde Matthews | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 01:43 | Clemson | Mark Hanes misses the 1st free throw | 50-63 |
| 01:43 | Clemson | Mark Hanes misses the 2nd free throw | 50-63 |
| 01:43 | Wake Forest | Kevin Harjo grabs the board | 50-63 |
| 01:27 | Wake Forest | Clarence Cox comes up short on the shot from close range but he's fouled by Ricky Johnson - foul #2 on Ricky Johnson, team foul #12 | 50-63 |
| Subs | Clemson | Raymond Jones (SF) Mark Hanes | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 01:27 | Wake Forest | Clarence Cox makes the 1st free throw | 50-64 |
| 01:27 | Wake Forest | Clarence Cox makes the 2nd free throw | 50-65 |
| 00:59 | Clemson | Clarence Cox steals it from John Richardson | 50-65 |
| Game Plan | Clemson | Clemson is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:34 | Wake Forest | Clarence Cox connects on the driving attempt from the right block on a great pass from Douglas Edwards | 50-67 |
| Game Plan | Clemson | Clemson is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:27 | Clemson | Felipe Guzman connects on the shot from the baseline set up by Kwayera Aho | 52-67 |
| 00:00 | Wake Forest | Matthew Young runs out the clock | 52-67 |