| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Robert Parman (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Elbert Virgil (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Joseph Bunger (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Leonard Lawler (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - John Haycraft (fresh) 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Bruno Francis (fresh) SG - Gregory Atlas (fresh) 10 pts. SF - Thomas Freeman (fresh) 4 ast. PF - Lee Kim (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Richard Shelton (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | NC State | Thomas Freeman inbounds the ball | 27-24 |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:39 | NC State | Thomas Freeman makes the jump hook from the baseline on a great pass from Bruno Francis | 27-26 |
| 19:16 | Wake Forest | Joseph Bunger is fouled on the floor by Bruno Francis - foul #2 on Bruno Francis, team foul #1 | 27-26 |
| 18:55 | Wake Forest | Leonard Lawler can't finish the layup | 27-26 |
| 18:53 | NC State | Richard Shelton snags the defensive board | 27-26 |
| 18:31 | NC State | Gregory Atlas misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 27-26 |
| 18:30 | NC State | Lee Kim gets the offensive rebound | 27-26 |
| 18:09 | NC State | Joseph Bunger is called for the reach on Thomas Freeman - foul #3 on Joseph Bunger, team foul #1 | 27-26 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Michael McCorey (SG) Joseph Bunger | |
| Subs | NC State | | |
| 17:58 | NC State | Gregory Atlas makes the 3pt shot from the left wing set up by Lee Kim | 27-29 |
| 17:38 | Wake Forest | Leonard Lawler comes up short on the fadeaway in the lane | 27-29 |
| 17:37 | NC State | Richard Shelton snags the defensive board | 27-29 |
| 17:18 | NC State | Gregory Atlas misses long on a floater from the free throw line | 27-29 |
| 17:16 | Wake Forest | Michael McCorey snags the defensive board | 27-29 |
| 16:51 | Wake Forest | Leonard Lawler misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line but the foul's on Bruno Francis - foul #3 on Bruno Francis, team foul #2 | 27-29 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Leo Reeves (C) John Haycraft | |
| Subs | NC State | Thomas Dixon (PG), Richard Gault (SG), Robert Gresham (C) Bruno Francis, Gregory Atlas, Richard Shelton | |
| 16:51 | Wake Forest | Leonard Lawler makes the 1st free throw | 28-29 |
| 16:51 | Wake Forest | Leonard Lawler misses the 2nd free throw | 28-29 |
| 16:51 | NC State | Lee Kim grabs the board | 28-29 |
| 16:34 | NC State | Richard Gault connects on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 28-32 |
| 16:18 | Wake Forest | Robert Parman double dribbles | 28-32 |
| 15:54 | NC State | Thomas Dixon misses the easy layup | 28-32 |
| 15:52 | Wake Forest | The rebound goes to Leonard Lawler | 28-32 |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Robert Parman (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Michael McCorey (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Elbert Virgil (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. PF - Leonard Lawler (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. C - Leo Reeves (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Thomas Dixon (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Richard Gault (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SF - Thomas Freeman (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. PF - Lee Kim (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Robert Gresham (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 15:32 | Wake Forest | Elbert Virgil comes up short on the 3pt shot from straight away | 28-32 |
| 15:31 | Wake Forest | Leo Reeves grabs the offensive board | 28-32 |
| 15:22 | Wake Forest | Elbert Virgil shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 28-32 |
| 15:20 | Wake Forest | Leo Reeves hits the follow up shot | 30-32 |
| 14:57 | NC State | Robert Gresham lays it in set up by Richard Gault | 30-34 |
| 14:38 | Wake Forest | Michael McCorey throws a bad pass out of bounds | 30-34 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Francis Bell (PG), Paul Jones (SG), Joseph Bunger (SF), John Haycraft (C) Robert Parman, Michael McCorey, Elbert Virgil, Leonard Lawler | |
| Subs | NC State | Bruno Francis (PG), Gregory Atlas (SG), Richard Shelton (C) Thomas Dixon, Richard Gault, Robert Gresham | |
| 14:10 | NC State | Gregory Atlas misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 30-34 |
| 14:08 | NC State | Richard Shelton snags the offensive board | 30-34 |
| 13:49 | NC State | Gregory Atlas is fouled on the floor by Leo Reeves - foul #1 on Leo Reeves, team foul #2 | 30-34 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Leonard Lawler (PF) Leo Reeves | |
| Subs | NC State | | |
| 13:35 | NC State | Lee Kim connects on the fadeaway from the right side on a nice dish by Gregory Atlas and he's fouled by John Haycraft - foul #1 on John Haycraft, team foul #3 | 30-36 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Michael McCorey (SG), Elbert Virgil (PF) Paul Jones, Leonard Lawler | |
| Subs | NC State | | |
| 13:35 | NC State | Lee Kim makes the free throw | 30-37 |
| 13:27 | Wake Forest | Elbert Virgil works out of a doubleteam and scores on a 3pt attempt from the right wing set up by Michael McCorey | 33-37 |
| 13:10 | NC State | Gregory Atlas hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right wing but the foul's on Joseph Bunger - foul #4 on Joseph Bunger, team foul #4 | 33-37 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Robert Parman (PG), Leonard Lawler (PF) Francis Bell, Joseph Bunger | |
| Subs | NC State | | |
| 13:10 | NC State | Gregory Atlas misses the 1st free throw | 33-37 |
| 13:10 | NC State | Gregory Atlas makes the 2nd free throw | 33-38 |
| 12:54 | Wake Forest | Michael McCorey misses long on a fadeaway from the right wing | 33-38 |
| 12:52 | Wake Forest | John Haycraft tips it home | 35-38 |
| 12:23 | NC State | Gregory Atlas knocks in the 3 pointer from straight away set up by Lee Kim | 35-41 |
| 12:16 | Wake Forest | Michael McCorey misses the 3 pointer from the left corner | 35-41 |
| 12:14 | Wake Forest | Leonard Lawler grabs the offensive rebound | 35-41 |
| 11:58 | Wake Forest | John Haycraft misses the runner from the baseline | 35-41 |
| 11:56 | NC State | Thomas Freeman pulls down the rebound | 35-41 |
| 11:27 | NC State | Gregory Atlas's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 35-41 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Arthur Holeman (SF), Leo Reeves (PF) Michael McCorey, Leonard Lawler | |
| Subs | NC State | Thomas Dixon (PG), Richard Gault (SG), Robert Gresham (PF), Robert Fuston (C) Bruno Francis, Gregory Atlas, Lee Kim, Richard Shelton | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Robert Parman (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Elbert Virgil (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Arthur Holeman (fresh) PF - Leo Reeves (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - John Haycraft (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Thomas Dixon (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Richard Gault (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SF - Thomas Freeman (tiring) 2 pts. 4 ast. PF - Robert Gresham (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Robert Fuston (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 11:11 | Wake Forest | Robert Parman misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 35-41 |
| 11:09 | NC State | Thomas Freeman grabs the defensive rebound | 35-41 |
| 10:44 | NC State | Richard Gault's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 35-41 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Francis Bell (SG) Elbert Virgil | |
| Subs | NC State | | |
| 10:22 | Wake Forest | Francis Bell knocks in the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 37-41 |
| 09:58 | NC State | Richard Gault lays it in | 37-43 |
| 09:36 | Wake Forest | Francis Bell knocks in the jumper from the right side on a great pass from Leo Reeves | 39-43 |
| 09:32 | NC State | Francis Bell steals it from Richard Gault | 39-43 |
| 09:27 | Wake Forest | Francis Bell hits the finger roll | 41-43 |
| 09:06 | NC State | Robert Gresham travels with the ball | 41-43 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Michael McCorey (SG), Elbert Virgil (SF), Leonard Lawler (PF) Robert Parman, Arthur Holeman, John Haycraft | |
| Subs | NC State | Bruno Francis (PG), Gregory Atlas (SG), Lee Kim (PF), Richard Shelton (C) Thomas Dixon, Richard Gault, Robert Gresham, Robert Fuston | |
| 09:03 | Wake Forest | Francis Bell is hacked by Bruno Francis in the backcourt - foul #4 on Bruno Francis, team foul #3 | 41-43 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| Subs | NC State | Kenneth Walker (PG) Bruno Francis | |
| 08:42 | Wake Forest | Elbert Virgil shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the 3pt shot from straight away | 41-43 |
| 08:41 | Wake Forest | Leo Reeves tips it back up and in | 43-43 |
| 08:16 | NC State | Lee Kim clanks a jumper from just outside the lane | 43-43 |
| 08:15 | Wake Forest | Elbert Virgil grabs the defensive rebound | 43-43 |
| 07:53 | Wake Forest | Elbert Virgil evades the doubleteam and hits a 3 pointer from straight away | 46-43 |
| 07:35 | NC State | Lee Kim misses badly on a floater from the right wing | 46-43 |
| 07:34 | NC State | Lee Kim grabs the offensive board | 46-43 |
| 07:20 | NC State | Kenneth Walker misses the floater from the right side | 46-43 |
| 07:19 | Wake Forest | Leonard Lawler snags the defensive board | 46-43 |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Francis Bell (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael McCorey (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Elbert Virgil (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. PF - Leonard Lawler (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. C - Leo Reeves (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Kenneth Walker (fresh) SG - Gregory Atlas (fresh) 17 pts. 1 ast. SF - Thomas Freeman (tiring) 2 pts. 4 ast. PF - Lee Kim (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. C - Richard Shelton (fresh) 7 reb. | |
| 06:56 | Wake Forest | Francis Bell can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 46-43 |
| 06:54 | Wake Forest | Leonard Lawler pulls down the offensive rebound | 46-43 |
| 06:49 | Wake Forest | Michael McCorey connects on the 3 pointer from the right wing on a nice dish by Elbert Virgil | 49-43 |
| 06:20 | NC State | Gregory Atlas buries a jumper from the right side on a great pass from Kenneth Walker | 49-45 |
| 06:00 | Wake Forest | Michael McCorey drills a jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Elbert Virgil | 51-45 |
| 05:41 | NC State | Gregory Atlas hits the front of the rim on the floater from just outside the lane | 51-45 |
| 05:39 | NC State | Lee Kim snags the offensive board | 51-45 |
| 05:19 | NC State | Gregory Atlas's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 51-45 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Robert Parman (PG), Joseph Bunger (SF), John Haycraft (C) Francis Bell, Michael McCorey, Leo Reeves | |
| Subs | NC State | Bruno Francis (PG), Thomas Dixon (SG), Richard Gault (SF), Robert Gresham (PF), Robert Fuston (C) Kenneth Walker, Gregory Atlas, Thomas Freeman, Lee Kim, Richard Shelton | |
| 04:54 | Wake Forest | Joseph Bunger loses the ball out of bounds | 51-45 |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 04:39 | NC State | Thomas Dixon's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 51-45 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Paul Jones (SG) Elbert Virgil | |
| Subs | NC State | | |
| 04:28 | Wake Forest | Paul Jones misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 51-45 |
| 04:27 | Wake Forest | John Haycraft grabs the offensive rebound | 51-45 |
| 04:14 | Wake Forest | Robert Parman misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 51-45 |
| 04:13 | NC State | The rebound goes to Robert Fuston | 51-45 |
| 04:07 | NC State | Bruno Francis drills a 3 pointer from the left corner on a nice dish by Thomas Dixon | 51-48 |
| 03:46 | Wake Forest | Joseph Bunger misses the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 51-48 |
| 03:45 | NC State | Robert Gresham gets the rebound | 51-48 |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 03:26 | NC State | Paul Jones takes the ball from Thomas Dixon | 51-48 |
| 03:22 | Wake Forest | Robert Parman hits the finger roll set up by Paul Jones | 53-48 |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Robert Parman (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SG - Paul Jones (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Joseph Bunger (fresh) 3 pts. 4 pf. PF - Leonard Lawler (tiring) 8 pts. 6 reb. C - John Haycraft (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Bruno Francis (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. 4 pf. SG - Thomas Dixon (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Richard Gault (fresh) 13 pts. 2 ast. PF - Robert Gresham (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Robert Fuston (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 02:59 | NC State | Richard Gault connects on the jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Bruno Francis | 53-50 |
| 02:47 | Wake Forest | Leonard Lawler makes the runner from the right block on a nice dish by Robert Parman | 55-50 |
| 02:47 | NC State | NC State calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 55-50 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Elbert Virgil (SG), Leo Reeves (PF) Paul Jones, Leonard Lawler | |
| Subs | NC State | Gregory Atlas (SG), Thomas Freeman (SF), Lee Kim (PF), Richard Shelton (C) Thomas Dixon, Richard Gault, Robert Gresham, Robert Fuston | |
| 02:28 | NC State | Bruno Francis is fouled on the floor by Robert Parman - foul #1 on Robert Parman, team foul #5 | 55-50 |
| 02:13 | NC State | Bruno Francis misses the 3pt shot from the right wing | 55-50 |
| 02:12 | Wake Forest | John Haycraft grabs the board | 55-50 |
| 02:07 | Wake Forest | John Haycraft is fouled on the floor by Richard Shelton - foul #1 on Richard Shelton, team foul #4 | 55-50 |
| 01:50 | Wake Forest | Elbert Virgil splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3 from the left corner | 55-50 |
| 01:48 | Wake Forest | Leo Reeves can't tip it in | 55-50 |
| 01:47 | Wake Forest | Robert Parman gets the offensive rebound | 55-50 |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and intentionally fouling (-3) | |
| 01:45 | Wake Forest | Robert Parman is hacked by Gregory Atlas - foul #3 on Gregory Atlas, team foul #5 | 55-50 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Michael McCorey (SG), Leonard Lawler (PF) Joseph Bunger, Leo Reeves | |
| Subs | NC State | | |
| 01:44 | Wake Forest | Leonard Lawler is hacked by Thomas Freeman - foul #1 on Thomas Freeman, team foul #6 | 55-50 |
| 01:43 | Wake Forest | Bruno Francis is called for the reach on Robert Parman - foul #5 on Bruno Francis, team foul #7 | 55-50 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| Subs | NC State | Thomas Dixon (PG) Bruno Francis | |
| 01:43 | Wake Forest | Robert Parman misses the 1st free throw | 55-50 |
| 01:43 | NC State | Richard Shelton gets the rebound | 55-50 |
| 01:14 | NC State | Lee Kim comes up short on the shot from the free throw line | 55-50 |
| 01:12 | Wake Forest | John Haycraft gets the rebound | 55-50 |
| 01:10 | Wake Forest | John Haycraft is fouled in the backcourt by Thomas Dixon - foul #2 on Thomas Dixon, team foul #8 | 55-50 |
| 01:10 | Wake Forest | John Haycraft misses the 1st free throw | 55-50 |
| 01:10 | Wake Forest | Robert Parman grabs the offensive rebound | 55-50 |
| 01:07 | Wake Forest | Robert Parman is hacked by Gregory Atlas - foul #4 on Gregory Atlas, team foul #9 | 55-50 |
| 01:07 | Wake Forest | Robert Parman makes the 1st free throw | 56-50 |
| 01:07 | Wake Forest | Robert Parman makes the 2nd free throw | 57-50 |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (-3) | |
| 00:51 | NC State | Lee Kim clanks a turnaround from the left block but he's hacked by Leonard Lawler - foul #3 on Leonard Lawler, team foul #6 | 57-50 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Joseph Bunger (SF) Michael McCorey | |
| Subs | NC State | | |
| 00:51 | NC State | Lee Kim misses the 1st free throw | 57-50 |
| 00:51 | NC State | Lee Kim makes the 2nd free throw | 57-51 |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (-3) | |
| 00:50 | Wake Forest | Thomas Dixon is called for the reach on Leonard Lawler in the backcourt - foul #3 on Thomas Dixon, team foul #10 | 57-51 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Michael McCorey (SG) Joseph Bunger | |
| Subs | NC State | | |
| 00:50 | Wake Forest | Leonard Lawler makes the 1st free throw | 58-51 |
| 00:50 | Wake Forest | Leonard Lawler misses the 2nd free throw | 58-51 |
| 00:50 | Wake Forest | The offensive rebound goes to Elbert Virgil | 58-51 |
| 00:48 | Wake Forest | Elbert Virgil is fouled on the floor by Thomas Freeman - foul #2 on Thomas Freeman, team foul #11 | 58-51 |
| 00:48 | Wake Forest | Elbert Virgil makes the 1st free throw | 59-51 |
| 00:48 | Wake Forest | Elbert Virgil makes the 2nd free throw | 60-51 |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-3) | |
| 00:43 | NC State | Lee Kim double dribbles | 60-51 |
| 00:42 | Wake Forest | Thomas Dixon is called for the reach on Leonard Lawler in the backcourt - foul #4 on Thomas Dixon, team foul #12 | 60-51 |
| 00:42 | Wake Forest | Leonard Lawler makes the 1st free throw | 61-51 |
| 00:42 | Wake Forest | Leonard Lawler makes the 2nd free throw | 62-51 |
| 00:36 | NC State | Elbert Virgil is called for the reach on Thomas Dixon - foul #1 on Elbert Virgil, team foul #7 | 62-51 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Joseph Bunger (SF) Michael McCorey | |
| Subs | NC State | | |
| 00:36 | NC State | Thomas Dixon misses the 1st free throw | 62-51 |
| 00:36 | Wake Forest | Leonard Lawler grabs the defensive rebound | 62-51 |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 00:07 | Wake Forest | Elbert Virgil is hacked by Gregory Atlas - foul #5 on Gregory Atlas, team foul #13 | 62-51 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| Subs | NC State | Richard Gault (SG) Gregory Atlas | |
| 00:07 | Wake Forest | Elbert Virgil makes the 1st free throw | 63-51 |
| 00:07 | Wake Forest | Elbert Virgil makes the 2nd free throw | 64-51 |
| 00:01 | NC State | Richard Gault misses the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 64-51 |
| 00:00 | Wake Forest | Leonard Lawler snags the defensive board | 64-51 |