| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - John Scruggs (fresh) SG - Johnny Hanna (fresh) SF - Michael Gregory (fresh) PF - Anthony Pickens (fresh) C - Shawn Bergert (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Andrew Watts (fresh) SG - Shaun Foret (fresh) SF - Tony Ricks (fresh) PF - Thomas Woodall (fresh) C - Steven Montgomery (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Wake Forest | Steven Montgomery wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:40 | Wake Forest | Steven Montgomery's layup is rejected by Shawn Bergert | 0-0 |
| 19:38 | Wake Forest | Thomas Woodall grabs the offensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:28 | Wake Forest | Shaun Foret comes up short on the runner from the left block but he's hacked by Shawn Bergert - foul #1 on Shawn Bergert, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:28 | Wake Forest | Shaun Foret makes the 1st free throw | 0-1 |
| 19:28 | Wake Forest | Shaun Foret misses the 2nd free throw | 0-1 |
| 19:28 | New Mexico | Anthony Pickens snags the defensive board | 0-1 |
| 19:09 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory clanks a fadeaway from the baseline | 0-1 |
| 19:08 | Wake Forest | Thomas Woodall snags the defensive board | 0-1 |
| 18:48 | Wake Forest | Shawn Bergert picks off the pass by Shaun Foret | 0-1 |
| 18:21 | New Mexico | Thomas Woodall swats the dunk try by Michael Gregory | 0-1 |
| 18:20 | Wake Forest | Tony Ricks pulls down the rebound | 0-1 |
| 18:12 | Wake Forest | Steven Montgomery can't throw it down but he's fouled by Shawn Bergert - foul #2 on Shawn Bergert, team foul #2 | 0-1 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Allen Hitt (C) Shawn Bergert | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 18:12 | Wake Forest | Steven Montgomery makes the 1st free throw | 0-2 |
| 18:12 | Wake Forest | Steven Montgomery misses the 2nd free throw | 0-2 |
| 18:12 | New Mexico | Anthony Pickens gets the rebound | 0-2 |
| 17:43 | New Mexico | Anthony Pickens clanks a runner in the lane | 0-2 |
| 17:41 | Wake Forest | Steven Montgomery grabs the defensive rebound | 0-2 |
| 17:27 | Wake Forest | Steven Montgomery misses the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on Allen Hitt - foul #1 on Allen Hitt, team foul #3 | 0-2 |
| Subs | New Mexico | James Winters (PG), Raymond Axford (SG), Sean Ament (SF), Arthur Greenway (PF) John Scruggs, Johnny Hanna, Michael Gregory, Anthony Pickens | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 17:27 | Wake Forest | Steven Montgomery makes the 1st free throw | 0-3 |
| 17:27 | Wake Forest | Steven Montgomery makes the 2nd free throw | 0-4 |
| 17:07 | New Mexico | Raymond Axford is called for a moving pick - foul #1 on Raymond Axford, team foul #4 | 0-4 |
| 16:48 | Wake Forest | Thomas Woodall scores on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Steven Montgomery | 0-6 |
| 16:27 | New Mexico | James Winters is hacked by Thomas Woodall - foul #1 on Thomas Woodall, team foul #1 | 0-6 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Michael Gregory (PF) Allen Hitt | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 16:08 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory lays it up and in set up by James Winters and he's fouled by Thomas Woodall - foul #2 on Thomas Woodall, team foul #2 | 2-6 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Johnny Hanna (SG), Anthony Pickens (PF) Raymond Axford, Sean Ament | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Andrew Boer (PF) Thomas Woodall | |
| 16:08 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory misses the free throw | 2-6 |
| 16:08 | Wake Forest | The rebound goes to Steven Montgomery | 2-6 |
| 15:42 | Wake Forest | Steven Montgomery banks in the layup | 2-8 |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - James Winters (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Johnny Hanna (fresh) SF - Michael Gregory (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Anthony Pickens (fresh) 2 reb. C - Arthur Greenway (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Andrew Watts (fresh) SG - Shaun Foret (fairly fresh) 1 pts. SF - Tony Ricks (fairly fresh) PF - Andrew Boer (fresh) C - Steven Montgomery (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:13 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory makes the jump hook from the right block on a nice dish by Johnny Hanna | 4-8 |
| 14:57 | Wake Forest | Shaun Foret clanks a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 4-8 |
| 14:55 | Wake Forest | Andrew Boer tips it back up and in | 4-10 |
| 14:39 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory hits the front of the rim on the jumper from just outside the lane | 4-10 |
| 14:37 | Wake Forest | Andrew Boer grabs the board | 4-10 |
| 14:10 | Wake Forest | Steven Montgomery clanks a shot in the paint | 4-10 |
| 14:09 | New Mexico | Anthony Pickens grabs the defensive rebound | 4-10 |
| 13:45 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory is denied on a layup by Andrew Boer | 4-10 |
| 13:43 | New Mexico | Anthony Pickens pulls down the offensive rebound | 4-10 |
| 13:28 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory blows the layup but he's fouled by Andrew Boer - foul #1 on Andrew Boer, team foul #3 | 4-10 |
| Subs | New Mexico | John Scruggs (PG), Raymond Axford (SG), Sean Ament (SF), Allen Hitt (C) James Winters, Johnny Hanna, Anthony Pickens, Arthur Greenway | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 13:28 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory makes the 1st free throw | 5-10 |
| 13:28 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory misses the 2nd free throw | 5-10 |
| 13:28 | Wake Forest | Steven Montgomery snags the defensive board | 5-10 |
| 13:07 | Wake Forest | Tony Ricks misses badly on a turnaround from the baseline | 5-10 |
| 13:05 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory snags the defensive board | 5-10 |
| 12:42 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory makes the jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Raymond Axford | 7-10 |
| 12:28 | Wake Forest | Steven Montgomery's pass is intercepted by Sean Ament | 7-10 |
| 12:15 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory is whistled for a carry | 7-10 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Anthony Pickens (C) Allen Hitt | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Corey Denison (PF) Andrew Boer | |
| 11:58 | Wake Forest | Michael Gregory denies the turnaround by Tony Ricks | 7-10 |
| 11:57 | New Mexico | Sean Ament grabs the defensive rebound | 7-10 |
| 11:38 | New Mexico | Sean Ament travels with the ball | 7-10 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Johnny Hanna (SG), Allen Hitt (C) Raymond Axford, Michael Gregory | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | David Carter (SF) Tony Ricks | |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - John Scruggs (fresh) SG - Johnny Hanna (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Sean Ament (fresh) PF - Anthony Pickens (fresh) 4 reb. C - Allen Hitt (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Andrew Watts (fairly fresh) SG - Shaun Foret (fairly fresh) 1 pts. SF - David Carter (fresh) PF - Corey Denison (fresh) C - Steven Montgomery (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:28 | Wake Forest | Anthony Pickens is called for the reach on Andrew Watts - foul #1 on Anthony Pickens, team foul #5 | 7-10 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Arthur Greenway (C) Allen Hitt | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 11:15 | Wake Forest | Steven Montgomery drills a runner from the right block | 7-12 |
| 10:46 | New Mexico | Anthony Pickens misses badly on a turnaround near the basket but he's fouled by Corey Denison - foul #1 on Corey Denison, team foul #4 | 7-12 |
| Subs | New Mexico | James Winters (PG), Raymond Axford (SF), Michael Gregory (PF) John Scruggs, Sean Ament, Arthur Greenway | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | George Vincent (SG), Michael Nakamura (PF) Shaun Foret, Steven Montgomery | |
| 10:46 | New Mexico | Anthony Pickens makes the 1st free throw | 8-12 |
| 10:46 | New Mexico | Anthony Pickens makes the 2nd free throw | 9-12 |
| 10:31 | Wake Forest | Andrew Watts misses short on a 3 from the right corner | 9-12 |
| 10:29 | Wake Forest | George Vincent grabs the offensive rebound | 9-12 |
| 10:12 | Wake Forest | Raymond Axford steps in front of the David Carter pass | 9-12 |
| 09:49 | New Mexico | Raymond Axford hits a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by James Winters | 12-12 |
| 09:28 | Wake Forest | David Carter is hacked by Raymond Axford - foul #2 on Raymond Axford, team foul #6 | 12-12 |
| Subs | New Mexico | John Scruggs (PG), Sean Ament (SF), Allen Hitt (C) Johnny Hanna, Raymond Axford, Anthony Pickens | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | John Paul (PG), Shaun Foret (SG), Tony Ricks (SF), Andrew Boer (PF), Steven Montgomery (C) Andrew Watts, George Vincent, David Carter, Michael Nakamura, Corey Denison | |
| 09:11 | Wake Forest | Shaun Foret buries a pull-up jumper from the right side | 12-14 |
| 08:56 | New Mexico | Andrew Boer steals it from Michael Gregory | 12-14 |
| 08:42 | Wake Forest | James Winters picks off the pass by Tony Ricks | 12-14 |
| 08:13 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory connects on the 3 pointer from the left corner on a great pass from John Scruggs | 15-14 |
| 08:00 | Wake Forest | Tony Ricks makes the floater in the paint and the foul's on John Scruggs - foul #1 on John Scruggs, team foul #7 | 15-16 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Johnny Hanna (SG), Anthony Pickens (PF), Arthur Greenway (C) James Winters, Sean Ament, Allen Hitt | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Andrew Watts (PG) John Paul | |
| 08:00 | Wake Forest | Tony Ricks makes the free throw | 15-17 |
| 07:34 | New Mexico | Anthony Pickens throws a bad pass out of bounds | 15-17 |
| Subs | New Mexico | James Winters (PG), Sean Ament (SF) John Scruggs, Michael Gregory | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - James Winters (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Johnny Hanna (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Sean Ament (fresh) PF - Anthony Pickens (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Arthur Greenway (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Andrew Watts (fairly fresh) SG - Shaun Foret (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - Tony Ricks (fairly fresh) 3 pts. PF - Andrew Boer (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Steven Montgomery (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:18 | Wake Forest | Steven Montgomery is hacked by Arthur Greenway - foul #1 on Arthur Greenway, team foul #8 | 15-17 |
| Subs | New Mexico | John Scruggs (PG), Michael Gregory (SF) James Winters, Sean Ament | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | George Vincent (SG) Shaun Foret | |
| 07:18 | Wake Forest | Steven Montgomery makes the 1st free throw | 15-18 |
| 07:18 | Wake Forest | Steven Montgomery misses the 2nd free throw | 15-18 |
| 07:18 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory snags the defensive board | 15-18 |
| 06:57 | New Mexico | Steven Montgomery picks off the pass by Johnny Hanna | 15-18 |
| 06:41 | Wake Forest | Andrew Boer banks in the layup on a great pass from Andrew Watts | 15-20 |
| 06:17 | New Mexico | Anthony Pickens hits the finger roll | 17-20 |
| 06:01 | Wake Forest | Steven Montgomery's pass is intercepted by Michael Gregory | 17-20 |
| 05:56 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory misses the lay-in | 17-20 |
| 05:55 | Wake Forest | Tony Ricks grabs the defensive rebound | 17-20 |
| 05:51 | Wake Forest | John Scruggs steals the ball from Andrew Watts | 17-20 |
| 05:28 | New Mexico | John Scruggs is called for 3 seconds | 17-20 |
| Subs | New Mexico | James Winters (PG), Raymond Axford (SG), Sean Ament (SF), Shawn Bergert (C) John Scruggs, Johnny Hanna, Michael Gregory, Arthur Greenway | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | John Paul (PG), Shaun Foret (SG), David Carter (SF), Michael Nakamura (PF), Corey Denison (C) Andrew Watts, George Vincent, Tony Ricks, Andrew Boer, Steven Montgomery | |
| 05:18 | Wake Forest | Michael Nakamura is hacked by Raymond Axford - foul #3 on Raymond Axford, team foul #9 | 17-20 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Johnny Hanna (SG) Raymond Axford | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 05:18 | Wake Forest | Michael Nakamura misses the 1st free throw | 17-20 |
| 05:18 | New Mexico | Anthony Pickens gets the rebound | 17-20 |
| 05:02 | New Mexico | Corey Denison blocks the jumper by Anthony Pickens | 17-20 |
| 05:01 | New Mexico | Shawn Bergert grabs the offensive board | 17-20 |
| 04:49 | New Mexico | Shawn Bergert misses short on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 17-20 |
| 04:47 | New Mexico | Anthony Pickens tips it but misses | 17-20 |
| 04:45 | New Mexico | James Winters hits the follow up shot | 19-20 |
| 04:25 | Wake Forest | Shaun Foret hits the finger roll on a great pass from John Paul | 19-22 |
| 03:56 | New Mexico | Shawn Bergert drills a fadeaway from the right wing on a nice dish by Johnny Hanna | 21-22 |
| 03:33 | Wake Forest | Shaun Foret comes up short on the jumper from the free throw line but he's hacked by Johnny Hanna - foul #1 on Johnny Hanna, team foul #10 | 21-22 |
| Subs | New Mexico | John Scruggs (PG), Michael Gregory (SF), Allen Hitt (PF) Johnny Hanna, Sean Ament, Anthony Pickens | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Andrew Watts (PG), Tony Ricks (SF), Thomas Woodall (PF), Steven Montgomery (C) John Paul, David Carter, Michael Nakamura, Corey Denison | |
| 03:33 | Wake Forest | Shaun Foret misses the 1st free throw | 21-22 |
| 03:33 | Wake Forest | Shaun Foret makes the 2nd free throw | 21-23 |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - John Scruggs (fresh) 1 ast. SG - James Winters (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Michael Gregory (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. PF - Allen Hitt (fresh) C - Shawn Bergert (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Andrew Watts (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Shaun Foret (fairly fresh) 6 pts. SF - Tony Ricks (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Thomas Woodall (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Steven Montgomery (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 03:28 | New Mexico | John Scruggs is hacked by Andrew Watts in the backcourt - foul #1 on Andrew Watts, team foul #5 | 21-23 |
| 03:17 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory hits a jump hook from the left block on a great pass from James Winters | 23-23 |
| 02:51 | Wake Forest | Steven Montgomery clanks a fadeaway from the right side but he's hacked by Allen Hitt - foul #2 on Allen Hitt, team foul #11 | 23-23 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Johnny Hanna (SG), Arthur Greenway (PF) James Winters, Allen Hitt | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 02:51 | Wake Forest | Steven Montgomery makes the 1st free throw | 23-24 |
| 02:51 | Wake Forest | Steven Montgomery misses the 2nd free throw | 23-24 |
| 02:51 | New Mexico | Shawn Bergert snags the defensive board | 23-24 |
| 02:32 | New Mexico | Shawn Bergert misses long on a fadeaway from the free throw line but the foul's on Shaun Foret - foul #1 on Shaun Foret, team foul #6 | 23-24 |
| Subs | New Mexico | James Winters (PG), Anthony Pickens (PF) John Scruggs, Arthur Greenway | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 02:32 | New Mexico | Shawn Bergert makes the 1st free throw | 24-24 |
| 02:32 | New Mexico | Shawn Bergert misses the 2nd free throw | 24-24 |
| 02:32 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory pulls down the offensive rebound | 24-24 |
| 02:14 | New Mexico | James Winters misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 24-24 |
| 02:13 | New Mexico | Shawn Bergert pulls down the offensive rebound | 24-24 |
| 01:54 | New Mexico | Anthony Pickens hits a jumper in the lane on a great pass from Johnny Hanna | 26-24 |
| 01:39 | Wake Forest | Tony Ricks's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 26-24 |
| Subs | New Mexico | John Scruggs (PG), Arthur Greenway (PF) James Winters, Anthony Pickens | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | George Vincent (SG) Shaun Foret | |
| 01:15 | New Mexico | George Vincent steals the ball from John Scruggs | 26-24 |
| 01:04 | Wake Forest | Thomas Woodall misses the fadeaway jumper from the right side but he's fouled by Shawn Bergert - foul #3 on Shawn Bergert, team foul #12 | 26-24 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Sean Ament (SF), Allen Hitt (C) Arthur Greenway, Shawn Bergert | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | David Carter (SF), Andrew Boer (C) Tony Ricks, Steven Montgomery | |
| 01:04 | Wake Forest | Thomas Woodall makes the 1st free throw | 26-25 |
| 01:04 | Wake Forest | Thomas Woodall makes the 2nd free throw | 26-26 |
| 00:35 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by Andrew Boer - foul #2 on Andrew Boer, team foul #7 | 26-26 |
| Subs | New Mexico | James Winters (SG), Anthony Pickens (PF) Johnny Hanna, Sean Ament | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Corey Denison (C) Thomas Woodall | |
| 00:35 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory makes the 1st free throw | 27-26 |
| 00:35 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory misses the 2nd free throw | 27-26 |
| 00:35 | Wake Forest | Andrew Boer snags the defensive board | 27-26 |
| 00:23 | Wake Forest | David Carter hits the finger roll on a nice dish by George Vincent | 27-28 |
| 00:04 | New Mexico | John Scruggs double dribbles | 27-28 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Johnny Hanna (SG), Sean Ament (SF), Arthur Greenway (C) John Scruggs, Anthony Pickens, Allen Hitt | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | John Paul (PG), Shaun Foret (SG) Andrew Watts, George Vincent | |
| 00:00 | Wake Forest | John Paul misses long on a halfcourt shot | 27-28 |