| Lineup | Kent State | PG - Kenneth Neal (fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. SG - David Johnson (fresh) 1 pts. SF - Luke Clardy (fresh) PF - Clint Conant (fresh) 2 pts. C - Brian Thrailkill (fresh) 8 pts. 8 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Gary Johnson (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Arthur Costa (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. SF - Bill Pearlstein (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. PF - Hu Chio (fresh) 9 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. C - Andre Arakaki (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Wake Forest | Bill Pearlstein inbounds the ball | 21-33 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:34 | Wake Forest | Hu Chio buries a pull-up jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Bill Pearlstein | 21-35 |
| 19:22 | Kent State | Andre Arakaki is called for the reach on Clint Conant - foul #2 on Andre Arakaki, team foul #1 | 21-35 |
| 19:04 | Kent State | Luke Clardy scores on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 23-35 |
| 18:35 | Wake Forest | Hu Chio drills a turnaround near the basket on a nice dish by Gary Johnson | 23-37 |
| 18:23 | Kent State | Clint Conant hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right block but he's fouled by Andre Arakaki - foul #3 on Andre Arakaki, team foul #2 | 23-37 |
| Subs | Kent State | | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Jason Hutchinson (C) Andre Arakaki | |
| 18:23 | Kent State | Clint Conant makes the 1st free throw | 24-37 |
| 18:23 | Kent State | Clint Conant makes the 2nd free throw | 25-37 |
| 18:02 | Wake Forest | Hu Chio misses the floater from the baseline | 25-37 |
| 18:01 | Wake Forest | Hu Chio snags the offensive board | 25-37 |
| 17:32 | Wake Forest | Gary Johnson clanks a jump hook from the left block but he's hacked by Kenneth Neal - foul #3 on Kenneth Neal, team foul #1 | 25-37 |
| Subs | Kent State | Drew Willoughby (PG) Kenneth Neal | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 17:32 | Wake Forest | Gary Johnson misses the 1st free throw | 25-37 |
| 17:32 | Wake Forest | Gary Johnson makes the 2nd free throw | 25-38 |
| 17:05 | Kent State | Drew Willoughby travels with the ball | 25-38 |
| Subs | Kent State | Thomas Knollenberg (PF) Clint Conant | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 17:02 | Wake Forest | David Johnson steals the ball from Gary Johnson in the backcourt | 25-38 |
| 16:49 | Kent State | Drew Willoughby buries a 3 pointer from straight away | 28-38 |
| 16:28 | Wake Forest | Arthur Costa comes up short on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 28-38 |
| 16:27 | Kent State | Thomas Knollenberg grabs the defensive rebound | 28-38 |
| 16:07 | Kent State | Luke Clardy misses short on a pull-up jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by Hu Chio - foul #3 on Hu Chio, team foul #3 | 28-38 |
| Subs | Kent State | Kevin Klawinski (SG), Randy Gorman (C) David Johnson, Brian Thrailkill | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Nathan Penix (PF) Hu Chio | |
| 16:07 | Kent State | Luke Clardy makes the 1st free throw | 29-38 |
| 16:07 | Kent State | Luke Clardy misses the 2nd free throw | 29-38 |
| 16:07 | Wake Forest | Nathan Penix pulls down the rebound | 29-38 |
| 15:43 | Wake Forest | Arthur Costa hits the finger roll on a great pass from Gary Johnson | 29-40 |
| Lineup | Kent State | PG - Drew Willoughby (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Kevin Klawinski (fresh) SF - Luke Clardy (fairly fresh) 3 pts. PF - Thomas Knollenberg (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Randy Gorman (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Gary Johnson (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 4 ast. SG - Arthur Costa (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. SF - Bill Pearlstein (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. PF - Nathan Penix (fresh) C - Jason Hutchinson (fresh) | |
| 15:16 | Kent State | Gary Johnson picks off the pass by Drew Willoughby | 29-40 |
| 15:12 | Wake Forest | Gary Johnson hits the finger roll | 29-42 |
| 14:54 | Kent State | Nathan Penix steals it from Luke Clardy | 29-42 |
| 14:37 | Wake Forest | Jason Hutchinson misses the lay-in | 29-42 |
| 14:35 | Kent State | Thomas Knollenberg pulls down the rebound | 29-42 |
| 14:25 | Kent State | Drew Willoughby clanks a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 29-42 |
| 14:23 | Wake Forest | Bill Pearlstein gets the rebound | 29-42 |
| 14:02 | Wake Forest | Gary Johnson misses badly on a floater from the right block | 29-42 |
| 14:00 | Wake Forest | Arthur Costa gets the offensive rebound | 29-42 |
| 13:44 | Wake Forest | Arthur Costa drills a 3pt attempt from the left corner on a great pass from Gary Johnson | 29-45 |
| 13:23 | Kent State | Kevin Klawinski hits the front of the rim on the jump hook in the paint | 29-45 |
| 13:21 | Kent State | Luke Clardy hits the follow up shot | 31-45 |
| 13:02 | Wake Forest | Arthur Costa misses short on a jump hook in the paint but he's hacked by Drew Willoughby - foul #3 on Drew Willoughby, team foul #2 | 31-45 |
| Subs | Kent State | Kenneth Neal (PG), David Johnson (SG), Clint Conant (PF), Brian Thrailkill (C) Drew Willoughby, Luke Clardy, Thomas Knollenberg, Randy Gorman | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Hu Chio (PF), Richard Nichols (C) Nathan Penix, Jason Hutchinson | |
| 13:02 | Wake Forest | Arthur Costa makes the 1st free throw | 31-46 |
| 13:02 | Wake Forest | Arthur Costa makes the 2nd free throw | 31-47 |
| 12:50 | Kent State | Brian Thrailkill comes up short on the jumpshot from the left wing but the foul's on Richard Nichols - foul #4 on Richard Nichols, team foul #4 | 31-47 |
| Subs | Kent State | Randy Morse (SF) Kevin Klawinski | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Andre Arakaki (C) Richard Nichols | |
| 12:50 | Kent State | Brian Thrailkill makes the 1st free throw | 32-47 |
| 12:50 | Kent State | Brian Thrailkill makes the 2nd free throw | 33-47 |
| 12:30 | Wake Forest | Hu Chio clanks a floater from the free throw line | 33-47 |
| 12:29 | Wake Forest | Hu Chio gets the offensive rebound | 33-47 |
| 12:01 | Wake Forest | Hu Chio scores on a shot from the left block on a great pass from Andre Arakaki and the foul's on Clint Conant - foul #2 on Clint Conant, team foul #3 | 33-49 |
| Subs | Kent State | Randy Gorman (SF) Randy Morse | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Brian Register (SG) Arthur Costa | |
| 12:01 | Wake Forest | Hu Chio misses the free throw | 33-49 |
| 12:01 | Kent State | Clint Conant grabs the board | 33-49 |
| 11:34 | Kent State | Andre Arakaki steps in front of the David Johnson pass | 33-49 |
| Lineup | Kent State | PG - Kenneth Neal (fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - David Johnson (fresh) 1 pts. SF - Randy Gorman (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Clint Conant (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Brian Thrailkill (fresh) 10 pts. 8 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Gary Johnson (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 5 ast. SG - Brian Register (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Bill Pearlstein (tiring) 4 pts. 2 ast. PF - Hu Chio (fresh) 15 pts. 8 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. C - Andre Arakaki (fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. | |
| 11:11 | Wake Forest | Hu Chio is hacked by Clint Conant - foul #3 on Clint Conant, team foul #4 | 33-49 |
| Subs | Kent State | Kevin Klawinski (SF) Randy Gorman | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Nathan Penix (SF) Bill Pearlstein | |
| 10:48 | Wake Forest | Gary Johnson buries a jumper from close range on a great pass from Hu Chio | 33-51 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 10:36 | Kent State | Kevin Klawinski comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 33-51 |
| 10:35 | Wake Forest | The rebound goes to Nathan Penix | 33-51 |
| 10:06 | Wake Forest | Clint Conant steals the ball from Nathan Penix | 33-51 |
| 09:47 | Kent State | Brian Thrailkill lays it in set up by Kevin Klawinski | 35-51 |
| 09:26 | Wake Forest | Gary Johnson misses long on a shot from close range but he's hacked by David Johnson - foul #2 on David Johnson, team foul #5 | 35-51 |
| Subs | Kent State | Luke Clardy (SF), Thomas Knollenberg (PF), Randy Gorman (C) Kevin Klawinski, Clint Conant, Brian Thrailkill | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Arthur Costa (SG), Bill Pearlstein (SF), Jason Hutchinson (C) Brian Register, Nathan Penix, Andre Arakaki | |
| 09:26 | Wake Forest | Gary Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 35-52 |
| 09:26 | Wake Forest | Gary Johnson misses the 2nd free throw | 35-52 |
| 09:26 | Wake Forest | Hu Chio pulls down the offensive rebound | 35-52 |
| 09:04 | Wake Forest | Arthur Costa misses long on a 3 from the right corner | 35-52 |
| 09:02 | Kent State | Luke Clardy pulls down the rebound | 35-52 |
| 08:53 | Kent State | Thomas Knollenberg clanks a shot in the paint but he's fouled by Hu Chio - foul #4 on Hu Chio, team foul #5 | 35-52 |
| Subs | Kent State | Drew Willoughby (PG), Kevin Klawinski (SG) Kenneth Neal, David Johnson | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Nathan Penix (PF) Hu Chio | |
| 08:53 | Kent State | Thomas Knollenberg makes the 1st free throw | 36-52 |
| 08:53 | Kent State | Thomas Knollenberg makes the 2nd free throw | 37-52 |
| 08:31 | Wake Forest | Gary Johnson makes the 3pt attempt from the right corner on a nice dish by Arthur Costa | 37-55 |
| 08:17 | Kent State | Gary Johnson takes the ball from Drew Willoughby | 37-55 |
| 08:12 | Wake Forest | Thomas Knollenberg denies the turnaround by Gary Johnson | 37-55 |
| 08:11 | Kent State | The rebound goes to Randy Gorman | 37-55 |
| 07:57 | Kent State | Kevin Klawinski makes the 3 pointer from the right wing on a great pass from Luke Clardy | 40-55 |
| 07:40 | Wake Forest | Jason Hutchinson knocks in the turnaround in the paint and the foul's on Randy Gorman - foul #2 on Randy Gorman, team foul #6 | 40-57 |
| Subs | Kent State | Kenneth Neal (PG), David Johnson (SG), Brian Thrailkill (C) Drew Willoughby, Kevin Klawinski, Randy Gorman | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Brian Register (PG), Richard Nichols (C) Gary Johnson, Nathan Penix | |
| 07:40 | Wake Forest | Jason Hutchinson makes the free throw | 40-58 |
| 07:32 | Kent State | David Johnson misses long on a jumpshot from the left side | 40-58 |
| 07:30 | Wake Forest | Bill Pearlstein grabs the board | 40-58 |
| Lineup | Kent State | PG - Kenneth Neal (fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - David Johnson (fresh) 1 pts. SF - Luke Clardy (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Thomas Knollenberg (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. C - Brian Thrailkill (fresh) 12 pts. 8 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Brian Register (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Arthur Costa (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 4 reb. SF - Bill Pearlstein (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. PF - Jason Hutchinson (fresh) 3 pts. C - Richard Nichols (fresh) 4 pf. | |
| 07:13 | Wake Forest | Thomas Knollenberg blocks the short jumper by Bill Pearlstein | 40-58 |
| 07:12 | Kent State | Kenneth Neal grabs the defensive rebound | 40-58 |
| 06:50 | Kent State | Thomas Knollenberg's floater is knocked away by Jason Hutchinson | 40-58 |
| 06:49 | Wake Forest | Richard Nichols gets the rebound | 40-58 |
| 06:30 | Wake Forest | Richard Nichols makes the fadeaway in the lane on a nice dish by Jason Hutchinson | 40-60 |
| 06:17 | Kent State | Brian Thrailkill hits the finger roll | 42-60 |
| 05:58 | Wake Forest | Luke Clardy picks off the pass by Brian Register | 42-60 |
| 05:54 | Kent State | Kenneth Neal hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Luke Clardy | 44-60 |
| 05:26 | Wake Forest | Arthur Costa connects on the pull-up jumper from the left wing set up by Richard Nichols | 44-62 |
| 05:13 | Kent State | Brian Thrailkill drills a fadeaway from the baseline set up by Kenneth Neal | 46-62 |
| 04:59 | Wake Forest | Arthur Costa loses the dribble to David Johnson | 46-62 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 04:37 | Kent State | Jason Hutchinson denies the turnaround by Brian Thrailkill | 46-62 |
| 04:36 | Kent State | Thomas Knollenberg tips it back up and in | 48-62 |
| 04:31 | Wake Forest | Kenneth Neal is called for the reach on Brian Register in the backcourt - foul #4 on Kenneth Neal, team foul #7 | 48-62 |
| Subs | Kent State | Drew Willoughby (PG), Kevin Klawinski (SG), Randy Gorman (SF), Clint Conant (PF) Kenneth Neal, David Johnson, Luke Clardy, Thomas Knollenberg | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Gary Johnson (PG), Nathan Penix (SF), Hu Chio (PF) Arthur Costa, Bill Pearlstein, Jason Hutchinson | |
| 04:31 | Wake Forest | Brian Register makes the 1st free throw | 48-63 |
| 04:31 | Wake Forest | Brian Register makes the 2nd free throw | 48-64 |
| 04:15 | Kent State | Brian Thrailkill drills a runner from close range on a great pass from Randy Gorman | 50-64 |
| 03:55 | Wake Forest | Richard Nichols can't finish the layup | 50-64 |
| 03:53 | Kent State | Randy Gorman grabs the defensive rebound | 50-64 |
| 03:43 | Kent State | Drew Willoughby hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 50-64 |
| 03:42 | Wake Forest | The rebound goes to Nathan Penix | 50-64 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:13 | Wake Forest | Nathan Penix connects on the turnaround in the lane on a great pass from Brian Register | 50-66 |
| Lineup | Kent State | PG - Drew Willoughby (fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. SG - Kevin Klawinski (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Randy Gorman (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Clint Conant (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Brian Thrailkill (fairly fresh) 18 pts. 8 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Gary Johnson (fairly fresh) 17 pts. 5 ast. 2 stl. SG - Brian Register (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Nathan Penix (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. PF - Hu Chio (fresh) 15 pts. 9 reb. 2 blk. 4 pf. C - Richard Nichols (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 pf. | |
| 03:04 | Kent State | Drew Willoughby is whistled for a carry | 50-66 |
| Subs | Kent State | William Seaman (PG), Randy Morse (SF) Clint Conant, Brian Thrailkill | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Andre Arakaki (PF), Jason Hutchinson (C) Hu Chio, Richard Nichols | |
| 02:45 | Wake Forest | Andre Arakaki is fouled on the floor by Kevin Klawinski - foul #1 on Kevin Klawinski, team foul #8 | 50-66 |
| Subs | Kent State | | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Arthur Costa (SG) Gary Johnson | |
| 02:45 | Wake Forest | Andre Arakaki misses the 1st free throw | 50-66 |
| 02:45 | Kent State | Drew Willoughby grabs the defensive rebound | 50-66 |
| 02:32 | Kent State | Drew Willoughby comes up short on the 3 pointer from straight away | 50-66 |
| 02:31 | Wake Forest | Jason Hutchinson pulls down the rebound | 50-66 |
| 02:14 | Wake Forest | Brian Register buries a fadeaway from the left block on a nice dish by Arthur Costa | 50-68 |
| 01:50 | Kent State | Randy Morse buries a jump hook in the lane set up by William Seaman and the foul's on Brian Register - foul #1 on Brian Register, team foul #6 | 52-68 |
| Subs | Kent State | Thomas Knollenberg (PF) William Seaman | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 01:50 | Kent State | Randy Morse makes the free throw | 53-68 |
| 01:23 | Wake Forest | Nathan Penix can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right side but the foul's on Thomas Knollenberg - foul #2 on Thomas Knollenberg, team foul #9 | 53-68 |
| 01:23 | Wake Forest | Nathan Penix makes the 1st free throw | 53-69 |
| 01:23 | Wake Forest | Nathan Penix makes the 2nd free throw | 53-70 |
| 01:08 | Kent State | Randy Morse hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 53-70 |
| 01:07 | Wake Forest | Brian Register snags the defensive board | 53-70 |
| 00:38 | Wake Forest | Andre Arakaki is fouled on the floor by Thomas Knollenberg - foul #3 on Thomas Knollenberg, team foul #10 | 53-70 |
| 00:38 | Wake Forest | Andre Arakaki makes the 1st free throw | 53-71 |
| 00:38 | Wake Forest | Andre Arakaki misses the 2nd free throw | 53-71 |
| 00:38 | Kent State | Thomas Knollenberg snags the defensive board | 53-71 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:31 | Kent State | Thomas Knollenberg misses short on a jump hook from the right block | 53-71 |
| 00:30 | Wake Forest | Andre Arakaki snags the defensive board | 53-71 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:00 | Wake Forest | Brian Register runs out the clock | 53-71 |