| Lineup | NC State | PG - Leonard Watkins (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Chad Peppers (fresh) 8 pts. SF - Henry Downey (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. PF - John Brooks (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Dennis Bish (fresh) 1 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Colby Ladd (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - James Wozniak (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jesse Smith (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Dustin Young (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Joseph Gilliam (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | NC State | Henry Downey inbounds the ball | 30-30 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+4) | |
| 19:35 | NC State | John Brooks is called for the offensive foul - foul #3 on John Brooks, team foul #1 | 30-30 |
| Subs | NC State | Fred Clark (PF) John Brooks | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 19:17 | Wake Forest | Dustin Young's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 30-30 |
| 18:59 | NC State | Henry Downey buries a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 33-30 |
| 18:30 | Wake Forest | Dennis Bish steals the ball from Jesse Smith | 33-30 |
| 18:12 | NC State | Chad Peppers shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Henry Downey | 36-30 |
| 17:50 | Wake Forest | Dennis Bish blocks the jumper by Colby Ladd | 36-30 |
| 17:49 | NC State | Fred Clark snags the defensive board | 36-30 |
| 17:45 | NC State | Chad Peppers connects on the 3pt attempt from the left wing on a great pass from Henry Downey | 39-30 |
| 17:26 | Wake Forest | James Wozniak can't connect on an uncontested 3pt jumper from the left wing | 39-30 |
| 17:24 | NC State | The rebound goes to Dennis Bish | 39-30 |
| 17:12 | NC State | Fred Clark misses the easy layup | 39-30 |
| 17:11 | Wake Forest | Dustin Young pulls down the rebound | 39-30 |
| 16:50 | Wake Forest | James Wozniak misses long on an open 3pt attempt from the left corner | 39-30 |
| 16:49 | NC State | Dennis Bish gets the rebound | 39-30 |
| 16:32 | NC State | Chad Peppers is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3 from the right wing | 39-30 |
| 16:31 | NC State | Henry Downey snags the offensive board | 39-30 |
| 16:14 | NC State | Leonard Watkins drills a turnaround from close range set up by Chad Peppers and the foul's on Colby Ladd - foul #2 on Colby Ladd, team foul #1 | 41-30 |
| 16:14 | NC State | Leonard Watkins makes the free throw | 42-30 |
| 15:50 | Wake Forest | Colby Ladd hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the free throw line | 42-30 |
| 15:49 | Wake Forest | James Wozniak gets the offensive rebound | 42-30 |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Leonard Watkins (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Chad Peppers (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. SF - Henry Downey (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 3 reb. PF - Fred Clark (fairly fresh) 2 reb. C - Dennis Bish (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 6 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Colby Ladd (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - James Wozniak (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jesse Smith (fairly fresh) 1 ast. PF - Dustin Young (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Joseph Gilliam (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:25 | Wake Forest | Dustin Young is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a runner in the paint | 42-30 |
| 15:23 | NC State | Fred Clark grabs the defensive rebound | 42-30 |
| 15:06 | NC State | Chad Peppers makes the contested 3 pointer from straight away | 45-30 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+4) | |
| 14:44 | Wake Forest | Joseph Gilliam jams it on a great pass from Colby Ladd | 45-32 |
| 14:36 | NC State | Chad Peppers works out of a doubleteam and scores on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 47-32 |
| 14:17 | Wake Forest | Jesse Smith evades the doubleteam but misses long on a 3 from the left corner | 47-32 |
| 14:16 | NC State | Chad Peppers grabs the board | 47-32 |
| 13:47 | NC State | Chad Peppers splits the doubleteam and buries a 3 from the right wing | 50-32 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+4) | |
| 13:32 | Wake Forest | James Wozniak misses long on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 50-32 |
| 13:31 | NC State | The rebound goes to Henry Downey | 50-32 |
| 13:25 | NC State | Henry Downey throws a bad pass out of bounds | 50-32 |
| Subs | NC State | Curtis Davis (PG), John Brooks (PF) Leonard Watkins, Fred Clark | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 13:07 | Wake Forest | Chad Peppers takes the ball from Jesse Smith after a doubleteam | 50-32 |
| 12:49 | NC State | Joseph Gilliam steals the ball from Dennis Bish | 50-32 |
| 12:39 | Wake Forest | Curtis Davis picks off the pass by Dustin Young | 50-32 |
| 12:34 | NC State | Chad Peppers blows the dunk | 50-32 |
| 12:32 | Wake Forest | Colby Ladd gets the rebound | 50-32 |
| 12:21 | Wake Forest | James Wozniak clanks a 3pt shot from the left corner | 50-32 |
| 12:20 | Wake Forest | Jesse Smith tips it but misses | 50-32 |
| 12:18 | Wake Forest | Dustin Young tips it but misses | 50-32 |
| 12:17 | NC State | Henry Downey grabs the board | 50-32 |
| 12:04 | NC State | Henry Downey throws a bad pass out of bounds | 50-32 |
| Subs | NC State | Leonard Watkins (PG), Bernard Johnson (C) Chad Peppers, Dennis Bish | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Timothy Dewalt (SF), Warren Eckert (C) Jesse Smith, Joseph Gilliam | |
| 11:47 | Wake Forest | Timothy Dewalt misses the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 50-32 |
| 11:45 | NC State | Bernard Johnson pulls down the rebound | 50-32 |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Leonard Watkins (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Curtis Davis (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Henry Downey (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 5 reb. PF - John Brooks (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Bernard Johnson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Colby Ladd (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - James Wozniak (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Timothy Dewalt (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Dustin Young (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. C - Warren Eckert (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:41 | NC State | Henry Downey misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 50-32 |
| 11:39 | Wake Forest | Warren Eckert grabs the defensive rebound | 50-32 |
| 11:21 | Wake Forest | Colby Ladd is open but comes up short on the jumpshot from the right wing | 50-32 |
| 11:19 | Wake Forest | Warren Eckert tips it home | 50-34 |
| 10:54 | NC State | Leonard Watkins misses the 3pt jumper from straight away | 50-34 |
| 10:52 | Wake Forest | Warren Eckert pulls down the rebound | 50-34 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+4) | |
| 10:39 | Wake Forest | James Wozniak knocks in the 3 pointer from the right wing on a nice dish by Timothy Dewalt | 50-37 |
| 10:35 | NC State | Henry Downey misses short on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 50-37 |
| 10:33 | Wake Forest | Dustin Young pulls down the rebound | 50-37 |
| 10:28 | Wake Forest | James Wozniak is by himself and knocks in the fadeaway from the right wing on a nice dish by Timothy Dewalt | 50-39 |
| 10:07 | NC State | Leonard Watkins misses the shot from the right wing but he's hacked by Warren Eckert - foul #1 on Warren Eckert, team foul #2 | 50-39 |
| Subs | NC State | Chad Peppers (SG), Jon Pickles (SF), Dennis Bish (C) Curtis Davis, Henry Downey, John Brooks | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Otis Ensign (PG), Bret Vaughn (SG), Jesse Smith (SF), Joseph Gilliam (C) Colby Ladd, James Wozniak, Timothy Dewalt, Warren Eckert | |
| 10:07 | NC State | Leonard Watkins makes the 1st free throw | 51-39 |
| 10:07 | NC State | Leonard Watkins makes the 2nd free throw | 52-39 |
| 09:41 | Wake Forest | Jon Pickles steps in front of the Bret Vaughn pass | 52-39 |
| 09:29 | NC State | Bernard Johnson comes up short on the jump hook from the left block | 52-39 |
| 09:27 | NC State | Chad Peppers tips it but misses | 52-39 |
| 09:26 | Wake Forest | The rebound goes to Joseph Gilliam | 52-39 |
| 09:02 | Wake Forest | Jesse Smith makes the contested 3 pointer from the left corner on a great pass from Bret Vaughn | 52-42 |
| 08:39 | NC State | Chad Peppers splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3 pointer from straight away | 52-42 |
| 08:37 | Wake Forest | The rebound goes to Dustin Young | 52-42 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+4) | |
| 08:16 | Wake Forest | Dustin Young misses long on a jumper from close range but the foul's on Leonard Watkins - foul #2 on Leonard Watkins, team foul #2 | 52-42 |
| Subs | NC State | Curtis Davis (PG), Henry Downey (SF), John Brooks (PF) Leonard Watkins, Jon Pickles, Bernard Johnson | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Colby Ladd (PG), James Wozniak (SG) Otis Ensign, Bret Vaughn | |
| 08:16 | Wake Forest | Dustin Young makes the 1st free throw | 52-43 |
| 08:16 | Wake Forest | Dustin Young misses the 2nd free throw | 52-43 |
| 08:16 | Wake Forest | Jesse Smith grabs the offensive rebound | 52-43 |
| 07:52 | Wake Forest | Jesse Smith splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3 from the left corner | 52-43 |
| 07:51 | NC State | John Brooks grabs the defensive rebound | 52-43 |
| 07:35 | NC State | John Brooks drills a pull-up jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Dennis Bish | 54-43 |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Curtis Davis (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Chad Peppers (fairly fresh) 22 pts. 1 ast. SF - Henry Downey (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 5 reb. PF - John Brooks (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - Dennis Bish (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 6 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Colby Ladd (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - James Wozniak (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jesse Smith (tiring) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Dustin Young (tiring) 9 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. C - Joseph Gilliam (tiring) 6 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+4) | |
| 07:09 | Wake Forest | Colby Ladd can't connect on a jumpshot from just outside the lane but the foul's on Chad Peppers - foul #1 on Chad Peppers, team foul #3 | 54-43 |
| Subs | NC State | Jon Pickles (SG) Chad Peppers | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Timothy Dewalt (SF), Warren Eckert (PF) Jesse Smith, Dustin Young | |
| 07:09 | Wake Forest | Colby Ladd misses the 1st free throw | 54-43 |
| 07:09 | Wake Forest | Colby Ladd misses the 2nd free throw | 54-43 |
| 07:09 | NC State | Henry Downey grabs the board | 54-43 |
| 06:44 | NC State | Dennis Bish scores on a floater from the right side on a nice dish by Henry Downey | 56-43 |
| 06:30 | Wake Forest | Joseph Gilliam connects on the floater from the left wing set up by James Wozniak | 56-45 |
| 06:24 | NC State | Jon Pickles can't connect on a floater from the free throw line | 56-45 |
| 06:23 | NC State | Dennis Bish gets the offensive rebound | 56-45 |
| 06:12 | NC State | Curtis Davis can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 56-45 |
| 06:10 | Wake Forest | Colby Ladd grabs the defensive rebound | 56-45 |
| 05:46 | Wake Forest | James Wozniak misses the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 56-45 |
| 05:45 | Wake Forest | Joseph Gilliam snags the offensive board | 56-45 |
| 05:26 | Wake Forest | James Wozniak makes the 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from Timothy Dewalt | 56-48 |
| 05:11 | NC State | Henry Downey can't connect on a jump hook from the right block but the foul's on Warren Eckert - foul #2 on Warren Eckert, team foul #3 | 56-48 |
| Subs | NC State | Leonard Watkins (PG), Chad Peppers (SG), Bernard Johnson (PF), Fred Clark (C) Curtis Davis, Jon Pickles, John Brooks, Dennis Bish | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Otis Ensign (PG), Bret Vaughn (SG), Jesse Smith (SF), Dustin Young (PF) Colby Ladd, James Wozniak, Timothy Dewalt, Joseph Gilliam | |
| 05:11 | NC State | Henry Downey makes the 1st free throw | 57-48 |
| 05:11 | NC State | Henry Downey makes the 2nd free throw | 58-48 |
| 04:56 | Wake Forest | Dustin Young can't finish the layup against a doubleteam | 58-48 |
| 04:54 | Wake Forest | Warren Eckert hits the follow up shot | 58-50 |
| 04:32 | NC State | Henry Downey is hacked by Bret Vaughn - foul #1 on Bret Vaughn, team foul #4 | 58-50 |
| 04:13 | NC State | Dustin Young takes the ball from Chad Peppers | 58-50 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+4) | |
| 03:54 | Wake Forest | Otis Ensign comes up short on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 58-50 |
| 03:53 | Wake Forest | Dustin Young hits the follow up shot | 58-52 |
| 03:43 | NC State | Fred Clark blows the layup but he's fouled by Warren Eckert - foul #3 on Warren Eckert, team foul #5 | 58-52 |
| Subs | NC State | Jon Pickles (SF) Henry Downey | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Colby Ladd (PG), James Wozniak (SG) Otis Ensign, Bret Vaughn | |
| 03:43 | NC State | Fred Clark makes the 1st free throw | 59-52 |
| 03:43 | NC State | Fred Clark misses the 2nd free throw | 59-52 |
| 03:43 | NC State | Jon Pickles pulls down the offensive rebound | 59-52 |
| 03:34 | NC State | Chad Peppers can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 59-52 |
| 03:32 | Wake Forest | Jesse Smith snags the defensive board | 59-52 |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Leonard Watkins (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Chad Peppers (fairly fresh) 22 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jon Pickles (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Fred Clark (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. C - Bernard Johnson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Colby Ladd (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - James Wozniak (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SF - Jesse Smith (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Dustin Young (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 7 reb. 3 stl. C - Warren Eckert (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 03:04 | Wake Forest | Leonard Watkins steals it from James Wozniak | 59-52 |
| 03:00 | NC State | NC State calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 59-52 |
| Subs | NC State | Henry Downey (SF), John Brooks (PF), Dennis Bish (C) Jon Pickles, Fred Clark, Bernard Johnson | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Joseph Gilliam (C) Warren Eckert | |
| 02:48 | NC State | Chad Peppers scores on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 62-52 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+4) | |
| 02:36 | Wake Forest | Colby Ladd can't connect on a shot from the free throw line | 62-52 |
| 02:34 | NC State | Leonard Watkins grabs the board | 62-52 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-4) | |
| 02:09 | NC State | Henry Downey loses the dribble to Colby Ladd | 62-52 |
| 01:57 | Wake Forest | Joseph Gilliam comes up short on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on John Brooks - foul #4 on John Brooks, team foul #4 | 62-52 |
| Subs | NC State | Curtis Davis (PG), Jon Pickles (SF), Bernard Johnson (PF), Fred Clark (C) Leonard Watkins, Henry Downey, John Brooks, Dennis Bish | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 01:57 | Wake Forest | Joseph Gilliam makes the 1st free throw | 62-53 |
| 01:57 | Wake Forest | Joseph Gilliam misses the 2nd free throw | 62-53 |
| 01:57 | NC State | The rebound goes to Bernard Johnson | 62-53 |
| 01:57 | NC State | NC State calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 62-53 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (-4) | |
| 01:54 | NC State | Colby Ladd is called for the reach on Curtis Davis in the backcourt - foul #3 on Colby Ladd, team foul #6 | 62-53 |
| Subs | NC State | Leonard Watkins (PG), John Brooks (PF) Jon Pickles, Fred Clark | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 01:51 | NC State | Joseph Gilliam is called for the reach on John Brooks - foul #1 on Joseph Gilliam, team foul #7 | 62-53 |
| 01:51 | NC State | John Brooks makes the 1st free throw | 63-53 |
| 01:51 | NC State | John Brooks makes the 2nd free throw | 64-53 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (-4) | |
| 01:44 | Wake Forest | Dustin Young shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the driving attempt from the left block set up by Jesse Smith | 64-55 |
| 01:42 | NC State | John Brooks is fouled in the backcourt by Colby Ladd - foul #4 on Colby Ladd, team foul #8 | 64-55 |
| 01:42 | NC State | John Brooks makes the 1st free throw | 65-55 |
| 01:42 | NC State | John Brooks makes the 2nd free throw | 66-55 |
| 01:30 | Wake Forest | James Wozniak comes up short on the jumper from just outside the lane | 66-55 |
| 01:29 | NC State | The rebound goes to Bernard Johnson | 66-55 |
| 01:26 | NC State | Bernard Johnson is hacked by Colby Ladd in the backcourt - foul #5 on Colby Ladd, team foul #9 | 66-55 |
| Subs | NC State | Jon Pickles (SF), Fred Clark (C) Leonard Watkins, John Brooks | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Otis Ensign (PG) Colby Ladd | |
| 01:26 | NC State | Bernard Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 67-55 |
| 01:26 | NC State | Bernard Johnson makes the 2nd free throw | 68-55 |
| 01:17 | Wake Forest | Jesse Smith connects on the 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by Otis Ensign | 68-58 |
| 01:14 | NC State | Curtis Davis is hacked by Otis Ensign in the backcourt - foul #1 on Otis Ensign, team foul #10 | 68-58 |
| 01:14 | NC State | Curtis Davis makes the 1st free throw | 69-58 |
| 01:14 | NC State | Curtis Davis makes the 2nd free throw | 70-58 |
| 00:52 | Wake Forest | Bernard Johnson is called for the reach on Joseph Gilliam - foul #4 on Bernard Johnson, team foul #5 | 70-58 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-4) | |
| 00:49 | Wake Forest | Joseph Gilliam misses the lay-in | 70-58 |
| 00:47 | NC State | The rebound goes to Bernard Johnson | 70-58 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-4) | |
| 00:27 | NC State | Bernard Johnson's pass is intercepted by James Wozniak | 70-58 |
| 00:22 | Wake Forest | James Wozniak is fouled on the floor by Chad Peppers - foul #2 on Chad Peppers, team foul #6 | 70-58 |
| 00:19 | Wake Forest | Joseph Gilliam clanks a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 70-58 |
| 00:18 | NC State | Bernard Johnson grabs the board | 70-58 |
| 00:00 | NC State | Curtis Davis runs out the clock | 70-58 |