| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Christopher Mary (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Otis Langdon (fresh) 9 pts. SF - Stephen Davis (fresh) PF - Kwas Abdool (fresh) 11 pts. C - Bobby Montgomery (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Jack Johnson (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Charles Moore (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Herbert Chea (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Troy Chandler (fresh) 2 reb. C - Juan Perez (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Wake Forest | Herbert Chea inbounds the ball | 32-13 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:47 | Wake Forest | Troy Chandler hits a wide open jumper from the left wing | 32-15 |
| 19:25 | Kentucky | Kwas Abdool misses the lay-in | 32-15 |
| 19:23 | Wake Forest | Herbert Chea grabs the board | 32-15 |
| 19:19 | Wake Forest | Jack Johnson hits a 3pt shot from the right corner set up by Herbert Chea | 32-18 |
| 18:57 | Kentucky | Otis Langdon misses the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 32-18 |
| 18:55 | Kentucky | Bobby Montgomery tips it in | 34-18 |
| 18:53 | Wake Forest | Jack Johnson is hacked by Stephen Davis in the backcourt - foul #2 on Stephen Davis, team foul #1 | 34-18 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Scott Brown (PG), Harold Allen (SF) Christopher Mary, Stephen Davis | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 18:39 | Wake Forest | Herbert Chea hits the front of the rim on the jump hook near the basket but the foul's on Harold Allen - foul #1 on Harold Allen, team foul #2 | 34-18 |
| 18:39 | Wake Forest | Herbert Chea makes the 1st free throw | 34-19 |
| 18:39 | Wake Forest | Herbert Chea makes the 2nd free throw | 34-20 |
| 18:21 | Kentucky | Bobby Montgomery is hacked by Juan Perez - foul #3 on Juan Perez, team foul #1 | 34-20 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Tracy Thomas (SF) Kwas Abdool | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Grant Downing (C) Juan Perez | |
| 18:01 | Kentucky | Otis Langdon clanks a 3pt shot from the left wing | 34-20 |
| 18:00 | Kentucky | Bobby Montgomery gets the offensive rebound | 34-20 |
| 17:41 | Kentucky | Harold Allen misses the lay-in but he's fouled by Grant Downing - foul #1 on Grant Downing, team foul #2 | 34-20 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Stephen Davis (SF), Cameron McDonald (C) Tracy Thomas, Bobby Montgomery | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Ralph Garofalo (SG) Charles Moore | |
| 17:41 | Kentucky | Harold Allen misses the 1st free throw | 34-20 |
| 17:41 | Kentucky | Harold Allen makes the 2nd free throw | 35-20 |
| 17:26 | Wake Forest | Herbert Chea's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 35-20 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Kwas Abdool (PF) Stephen Davis | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 17:02 | Kentucky | Harold Allen clanks a jumper from just outside the lane | 35-20 |
| 17:00 | Kentucky | Otis Langdon pulls down the offensive rebound | 35-20 |
| 16:32 | Kentucky | Harold Allen misses short on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 35-20 |
| 16:31 | Wake Forest | Grant Downing pulls down the rebound | 35-20 |
| 16:16 | Wake Forest | Jack Johnson can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Scott Brown - foul #1 on Scott Brown, team foul #3 | 35-20 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Andre Gallo (SG), Stephen Davis (SF), Bobby Montgomery (C) Scott Brown, Kwas Abdool, Cameron McDonald | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Charles Moore (SG), Jerry Banton (C) Ralph Garofalo, Grant Downing | |
| 16:16 | Wake Forest | Jack Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 35-21 |
| 16:16 | Wake Forest | Jack Johnson misses the 2nd free throw | 35-21 |
| 16:16 | Kentucky | Bobby Montgomery grabs the board | 35-21 |
| 15:59 | Kentucky | Otis Langdon buries a 3 from the left wing | 38-21 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Otis Langdon (tiring) 12 pts. SG - Andre Gallo (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Stephen Davis (fresh) PF - Harold Allen (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Bobby Montgomery (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Jack Johnson (fairly fresh) 8 pts. SG - Charles Moore (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Herbert Chea (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - Troy Chandler (tiring) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Jerry Banton (fresh) | |
| 15:37 | Wake Forest | Troy Chandler hits the front of the rim on the jump hook from the baseline but the foul's on Harold Allen - foul #2 on Harold Allen, team foul #4 | 38-21 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Scott Brown (PG), Tracy Thomas (SG) Otis Langdon, Andre Gallo | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Juan Perez (C) Herbert Chea | |
| 15:37 | Wake Forest | Troy Chandler misses the 1st free throw | 38-21 |
| 15:37 | Wake Forest | Troy Chandler makes the 2nd free throw | 38-22 |
| 15:18 | Kentucky | Harold Allen clanks a fadeaway from the left side | 38-22 |
| 15:17 | Wake Forest | Jerry Banton snags the defensive board | 38-22 |
| 15:10 | Wake Forest | Troy Chandler knocks in the jump hook from the left block on a nice dish by Jack Johnson | 38-24 |
| 14:44 | Kentucky | Bobby Montgomery misses badly on a jump hook from the baseline | 38-24 |
| 14:42 | Wake Forest | Troy Chandler grabs the defensive rebound | 38-24 |
| 14:14 | Wake Forest | Troy Chandler is by himself and knocks in the fadeaway from the right wing set up by Charles Moore | 38-26 |
| 13:49 | Kentucky | Harold Allen knocks in the shot from just outside the lane on a great pass from Stephen Davis | 40-26 |
| 13:28 | Wake Forest | Juan Perez scores on a pull-up jumper from the right side set up by Charles Moore | 40-28 |
| 13:00 | Kentucky | Tracy Thomas is whistled for a carry | 40-28 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Otis Langdon (PG), Andre Gallo (SG), Kwas Abdool (PF), Cameron McDonald (C) Scott Brown, Tracy Thomas, Harold Allen, Bobby Montgomery | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Ralph Garofalo (PG), Bryant Brown (SG), Herbert Chea (SF), George Lay (PF) Jack Johnson, Charles Moore, Jerry Banton, Troy Chandler | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 12:58 | Wake Forest | Ralph Garofalo's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 40-28 |
| 12:45 | Kentucky | Otis Langdon loses the ball out of bounds | 40-28 |
| 12:23 | Wake Forest | Herbert Chea is denied on a layup by Cameron McDonald | 40-28 |
| 12:22 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Kwas Abdool | 40-28 |
| 11:53 | Kentucky | Otis Langdon's pass is intercepted by Herbert Chea | 40-28 |
| 11:49 | Wake Forest | Herbert Chea banks in the layup | 40-30 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Otis Langdon (fairly fresh) 12 pts. SG - Andre Gallo (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Stephen Davis (fairly fresh) PF - Kwas Abdool (fresh) 11 pts. 2 reb. C - Cameron McDonald (fresh) 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Ralph Garofalo (fresh) SG - Bryant Brown (fresh) SF - Herbert Chea (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. PF - George Lay (fresh) 4 reb. C - Juan Perez (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 11:33 | Kentucky | Otis Langdon comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 40-30 |
| 11:31 | Wake Forest | The rebound goes to George Lay | 40-30 |
| 11:02 | Wake Forest | Juan Perez hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left wing | 40-30 |
| 11:00 | Wake Forest | Herbert Chea tips it home | 40-32 |
| 10:44 | Kentucky | Otis Langdon buries a 3pt shot from the left corner | 43-32 |
| 10:42 | Wake Forest | Herbert Chea loses the ball out of bounds in the backcourt | 43-32 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Christopher Mary (PG), Harold Allen (SF), Bobby Montgomery (C) Andre Gallo, Stephen Davis, Cameron McDonald | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Jack Johnson (PG), Charles Moore (SG), Troy Chandler (PF), Grant Downing (C) Ralph Garofalo, Bryant Brown, George Lay, Juan Perez | |
| 10:24 | Kentucky | Herbert Chea blocks the short jumper by Kwas Abdool | 43-32 |
| 10:22 | Kentucky | Kwas Abdool tips it back up and in | 45-32 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 10:19 | Wake Forest | Charles Moore is hacked by Christopher Mary in the backcourt - foul #3 on Christopher Mary, team foul #5 | 45-32 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Tracy Thomas (SF), Cameron McDonald (C) Harold Allen, Bobby Montgomery | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Ralph Garofalo (SG) Herbert Chea | |
| 10:11 | Wake Forest | Jack Johnson is open and buries a 3 pointer from the left corner on a nice dish by Troy Chandler | 45-35 |
| 09:43 | Kentucky | Kwas Abdool drills a floater from the left block set up by Christopher Mary and he's fouled by Troy Chandler - foul #3 on Troy Chandler, team foul #3 | 47-35 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Harold Allen (SF), Bobby Montgomery (C) Tracy Thomas, Cameron McDonald | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Jerry Banton (SF) Ralph Garofalo | |
| 09:43 | Kentucky | Kwas Abdool makes the free throw | 48-35 |
| 09:28 | Wake Forest | Troy Chandler misses short on a jumpshot from the left side | 48-35 |
| 09:26 | Kentucky | Bobby Montgomery gets the rebound | 48-35 |
| 09:00 | Kentucky | Harold Allen hits a runner from the left block | 50-35 |
| 08:43 | Wake Forest | Grant Downing is fouled on the floor by Christopher Mary - foul #4 on Christopher Mary, team foul #6 | 50-35 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Scott Brown (PG), Tracy Thomas (SG), Stephen Davis (SF), Cameron McDonald (C) Christopher Mary, Otis Langdon, Harold Allen, Bobby Montgomery | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Ralph Garofalo (PG), Bryant Brown (SG), Herbert Chea (SF), George Lay (PF), Juan Perez (C) Jack Johnson, Charles Moore, Jerry Banton, Troy Chandler, Grant Downing | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 08:37 | Wake Forest | Ralph Garofalo is hacked by Cameron McDonald - foul #2 on Cameron McDonald, team foul #7 | 50-35 |
| 08:37 | Wake Forest | Ralph Garofalo misses the 1st free throw | 50-35 |
| 08:37 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Kwas Abdool | 50-35 |
| 08:24 | Kentucky | Cameron McDonald travels with the ball | 50-35 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Otis Langdon (SG) Stephen Davis | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 08:09 | Wake Forest | Herbert Chea misses short on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 50-35 |
| 08:08 | Wake Forest | Juan Perez pulls down the offensive rebound | 50-35 |
| 07:53 | Wake Forest | Juan Perez is whistled for traveling | 50-35 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Christopher Mary (PG), Stephen Davis (SF), Harold Allen (PF), Bobby Montgomery (C) Scott Brown, Otis Langdon, Kwas Abdool, Cameron McDonald | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Jack Johnson (PG) Bryant Brown | |
| 07:27 | Kentucky | Bobby Montgomery is fouled on the floor by Jack Johnson - foul #1 on Jack Johnson, team foul #4 | 50-35 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Otis Langdon (SG), Kwas Abdool (PF), Cameron McDonald (C) Tracy Thomas, Harold Allen, Bobby Montgomery | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Jerry Banton (SF) Herbert Chea | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Christopher Mary (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 4 pf. SG - Otis Langdon (tiring) 15 pts. SF - Stephen Davis (fairly fresh) PF - Kwas Abdool (tiring) 16 pts. 4 reb. C - Cameron McDonald (fairly fresh) 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Jack Johnson (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ralph Garofalo (fairly fresh) SF - Jerry Banton (fresh) PF - George Lay (fairly fresh) 5 reb. C - Juan Perez (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:06 | Kentucky | Otis Langdon can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 50-35 |
| 07:04 | Kentucky | Cameron McDonald hits the follow up shot | 52-35 |
| 06:45 | Wake Forest | Juan Perez clanks a fadeaway near the basket | 52-35 |
| 06:44 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Stephen Davis | 52-35 |
| 06:39 | Kentucky | Kwas Abdool comes up short on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 52-35 |
| 06:38 | Wake Forest | Juan Perez pulls down the rebound | 52-35 |
| 06:36 | Wake Forest | Jack Johnson's pass is intercepted by Otis Langdon in the backcourt | 52-35 |
| 06:16 | Kentucky | Kwas Abdool buries a driving attempt in the paint on a great pass from Otis Langdon | 54-35 |
| 06:03 | Wake Forest | Juan Perez hits a driving attempt from close range set up by Jerry Banton and he's fouled by Cameron McDonald - foul #3 on Cameron McDonald, team foul #8 | 54-37 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Scott Brown (PG), Tracy Thomas (SG), Harold Allen (SF), Bobby Montgomery (C) Christopher Mary, Otis Langdon, Stephen Davis, Cameron McDonald | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Charles Moore (SG), Herbert Chea (SF), Grant Downing (C) Ralph Garofalo, Jerry Banton, George Lay | |
| 06:03 | Wake Forest | Juan Perez makes the free throw | 54-38 |
| 05:46 | Kentucky | Juan Perez is called for the reach on Tracy Thomas - foul #4 on Juan Perez, team foul #5 | 54-38 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Andre Gallo (SG) Kwas Abdool | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Troy Chandler (PF) Juan Perez | |
| 05:18 | Kentucky | Bobby Montgomery misses long on a floater from the baseline | 54-38 |
| 05:17 | Wake Forest | Charles Moore gets the rebound | 54-38 |
| 04:59 | Wake Forest | Troy Chandler banks in the layup | 54-40 |
| 04:37 | Kentucky | Tracy Thomas misses short on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 54-40 |
| 04:35 | Kentucky | Bobby Montgomery tips it back up and in | 56-40 |
| 04:15 | Wake Forest | Troy Chandler misses the jumpshot from the left side but the foul's on Scott Brown - foul #2 on Scott Brown, team foul #9 | 56-40 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Christopher Mary (PG), Otis Langdon (SG), Stephen Davis (SF), Kwas Abdool (PF), Cameron McDonald (C) Scott Brown, Andre Gallo, Tracy Thomas, Harold Allen, Bobby Montgomery | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Ralph Garofalo (PG), Bryant Brown (SG), Jerry Banton (SF) Jack Johnson, Charles Moore, Herbert Chea | |
| 04:15 | Wake Forest | Troy Chandler makes the 1st free throw | 56-41 |
| 04:15 | Wake Forest | Troy Chandler misses the 2nd free throw | 56-41 |
| 04:15 | Kentucky | Kwas Abdool grabs the defensive rebound | 56-41 |
| 04:00 | Kentucky | Kwas Abdool can't throw it down | 56-41 |
| 03:58 | Wake Forest | Grant Downing gets the rebound | 56-41 |
| 03:54 | Wake Forest | Bryant Brown misses long on an open jumpshot from the right side but the foul's on Otis Langdon - foul #1 on Otis Langdon, team foul #10 | 56-41 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | George Lay (PF) Troy Chandler | |
| 03:54 | Wake Forest | Bryant Brown makes the 1st free throw | 56-42 |
| 03:54 | Wake Forest | Bryant Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 56-43 |
| 03:29 | Kentucky | Stephen Davis is fouled on the floor by Jerry Banton - foul #3 on Jerry Banton, team foul #6 | 56-43 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Tracy Thomas (SG), Bobby Montgomery (C) Christopher Mary, Cameron McDonald | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 03:11 | Kentucky | Kwas Abdool scores on a floater in the lane and the foul's on George Lay - foul #2 on George Lay, team foul #7 | 58-43 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Harold Allen (SF), Cameron McDonald (C) Stephen Davis, Bobby Montgomery | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 03:11 | Kentucky | Kwas Abdool makes the free throw | 59-43 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Otis Langdon (tired) 15 pts. 1 ast. SG - Tracy Thomas (fresh) 2 reb. SF - Harold Allen (tiring) 9 pts. 3 reb. PF - Kwas Abdool (tiring) 21 pts. 5 reb. C - Cameron McDonald (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Ralph Garofalo (fairly fresh) SG - Bryant Brown (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Jerry Banton (fairly fresh) 3 pf. PF - George Lay (fairly fresh) 5 reb. C - Grant Downing (fairly fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 03:09 | Wake Forest | Ralph Garofalo is called for the offensive foul in the backcourt - foul #1 on Ralph Garofalo, team foul #8 | 59-43 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Stephen Davis (SF) Kwas Abdool | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 02:50 | Kentucky | Harold Allen clanks a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 59-43 |
| 02:49 | Wake Forest | Ralph Garofalo gets the rebound | 59-43 |
| 02:46 | Wake Forest | Otis Langdon is called for the reach on Ralph Garofalo in the backcourt - foul #2 on Otis Langdon, team foul #11 | 59-43 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Scott Brown (PG), Kwas Abdool (PF), Bobby Montgomery (C) Tracy Thomas, Harold Allen, Cameron McDonald | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 02:46 | Wake Forest | Ralph Garofalo makes the 1st free throw | 59-44 |
| 02:46 | Wake Forest | Ralph Garofalo misses the 2nd free throw | 59-44 |
| 02:46 | Kentucky | Kwas Abdool grabs the defensive rebound | 59-44 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 02:24 | Kentucky | Otis Langdon misses the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 59-44 |
| 02:23 | Kentucky | Kwas Abdool grabs the offensive rebound | 59-44 |
| 02:00 | Kentucky | Bobby Montgomery connects on the jumper from just outside the lane and he's hacked by Grant Downing - foul #2 on Grant Downing, team foul #9 | 61-44 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Christopher Mary (PG) Scott Brown | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 02:00 | Kentucky | Bobby Montgomery makes the free throw | 62-44 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 01:52 | Wake Forest | Bryant Brown scores on a 3pt jumper from the left wing set up by Ralph Garofalo | 62-47 |
| 01:34 | Kentucky | Otis Langdon misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 62-47 |
| 01:33 | Kentucky | Stephen Davis grabs the offensive board | 62-47 |
| 01:15 | Kentucky | Otis Langdon scores on a 3pt attempt from the right wing set up by Christopher Mary | 65-47 |
| 01:03 | Wake Forest | Bryant Brown misses short on a fadeaway from the left wing | 65-47 |
| 01:01 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Bobby Montgomery | 65-47 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:35 | Kentucky | Kwas Abdool scores on a turnaround from the baseline on a great pass from Otis Langdon | 67-47 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:29 | Wake Forest | Ralph Garofalo buries a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 67-49 |
| 00:00 | Kentucky | Christopher Mary runs out the clock | 67-49 |