| Lineup | Gardner-Webb | PG - Ian Lewis (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Ronald Schlesinger (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Andrew Bluhm (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Jonathan Eastman (fresh) 3 pts. C - Terry Cover (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Michael Gorczynski (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Michael Odom (fresh) SF - Jerry Kinney (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Olafemi Akawanzie (fresh) 3 pf. C - Tony Dennis (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | North Carolina | Jerry Kinney inbounds the ball | 25-28 |
| Game Plan | Gardner-Webb | Gardner-Webb is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/man to man (+1) | |
| 19:35 | North Carolina | Andrew Bluhm picks off the pass by Jerry Kinney | 25-28 |
| 19:28 | Gardner-Webb | Terry Cover is hacked by Michael Odom - foul #2 on Michael Odom, team foul #1 | 25-28 |
| 19:12 | Gardner-Webb | Ian Lewis drills a 3 from the right corner on a great pass from Ronald Schlesinger | 28-28 |
| 18:55 | North Carolina | Jerry Kinney is hacked by Andrew Bluhm - foul #1 on Andrew Bluhm, team foul #1 | 28-28 |
| 18:35 | North Carolina | Ronald Schlesinger is called for the reach on Michael Odom - foul #3 on Ronald Schlesinger, team foul #2 | 28-28 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Gerard Mitchell (SG) Ronald Schlesinger | |
| Subs | North Carolina | | |
| 18:17 | North Carolina | Michael Gorczynski scores on a fadeaway from the left side on a great pass from Michael Odom and he's fouled by Ian Lewis - foul #2 on Ian Lewis, team foul #3 | 28-30 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Thomas Burks (PF) Olafemi Akawanzie | |
| 18:17 | North Carolina | Michael Gorczynski makes the free throw | 28-31 |
| 18:07 | Gardner-Webb | Andrew Bluhm is fouled on the floor by Michael Odom - foul #3 on Michael Odom, team foul #2 | 28-31 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Kapeni Arizmendi (PG) Michael Gorczynski | |
| 17:47 | Gardner-Webb | Jonathan Eastman throws a bad pass out of bounds | 28-31 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Edwin Welty (SF) Andrew Bluhm | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Reginald Davis (SG), Randy Kwong (SF), Robert Grasso (C) Michael Odom, Jerry Kinney, Tony Dennis | |
| 17:29 | North Carolina | Randy Kwong throws a bad pass out of bounds | 28-31 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | John Simons (C) Terry Cover | |
| Subs | North Carolina | | |
| 17:08 | Gardner-Webb | Robert Grasso swats the short shot by Jonathan Eastman | 28-31 |
| 17:07 | North Carolina | Robert Grasso grabs the defensive rebound | 28-31 |
| 17:01 | North Carolina | Randy Kwong is fouled on the floor by John Simons - foul #2 on John Simons, team foul #4 | 28-31 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Micheal Capps (SF), John Hatch (C) Ian Lewis, Jonathan Eastman | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Olafemi Akawanzie (PF) Thomas Burks | |
| 16:45 | North Carolina | Robert Grasso can't finish the layup but he's hacked by John Simons - foul #3 on John Simons, team foul #5 | 28-31 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Andrew Bluhm (SF) John Simons | |
| Subs | North Carolina | | |
| 16:45 | North Carolina | Robert Grasso makes the 1st free throw | 28-32 |
| 16:45 | North Carolina | Robert Grasso misses the 2nd free throw | 28-32 |
| 16:45 | Gardner-Webb | Micheal Capps grabs the board | 28-32 |
| 16:23 | Gardner-Webb | John Hatch hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right block but he's fouled by Reginald Davis - foul #1 on Reginald Davis, team foul #3 | 28-32 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Terry Cover (C) Micheal Capps | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Michael Gorczynski (PG), Michael Odom (SG), Jerry Kinney (SF), Tony Dennis (C) Kapeni Arizmendi, Reginald Davis, Randy Kwong, Robert Grasso | |
| 16:23 | Gardner-Webb | John Hatch makes the 1st free throw | 29-32 |
| 16:23 | Gardner-Webb | John Hatch makes the 2nd free throw | 30-32 |
| 16:03 | North Carolina | Michael Odom knocks in the fadeaway from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Jerry Kinney and he's fouled by Terry Cover - foul #1 on Terry Cover, team foul #6 | 30-34 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Ian Lewis (PG), Jonathan Eastman (PF) Edwin Welty, John Hatch | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Thomas Burks (PF) Olafemi Akawanzie | |
| 16:03 | North Carolina | Michael Odom makes the free throw | 30-35 |
| Lineup | Gardner-Webb | PG - Ian Lewis (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Gerard Mitchell (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Andrew Bluhm (fresh) 3 pts. 2 stl. PF - Jonathan Eastman (fresh) 3 pts. C - Terry Cover (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Michael Gorczynski (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SG - Michael Odom (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Jerry Kinney (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Thomas Burks (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. C - Tony Dennis (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:51 | Gardner-Webb | Andrew Bluhm is whistled for a charge - foul #2 on Andrew Bluhm, team foul #7 | 30-35 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Ronald Schlesinger (SG) Gerard Mitchell | |
| Subs | North Carolina | | |
| 15:31 | North Carolina | Michael Odom hits a 3 pointer from the left wing on a nice dish by Michael Gorczynski | 30-38 |
| 15:17 | Gardner-Webb | Andrew Bluhm is called for a pushoff foul - foul #3 on Andrew Bluhm, team foul #8 | 30-38 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Edwin Welty (SF) Andrew Bluhm | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Kapeni Arizmendi (PG), Randy Kwong (SF) Michael Gorczynski, Jerry Kinney | |
| 14:54 | North Carolina | Michael Odom is hacked by Edwin Welty - foul #1 on Edwin Welty, team foul #9 | 30-38 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | John Simons (C) Terry Cover | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Robert Grasso (C) Tony Dennis | |
| 14:54 | North Carolina | Michael Odom makes the 1st free throw | 30-39 |
| 14:54 | North Carolina | Michael Odom makes the 2nd free throw | 30-40 |
| 14:42 | Gardner-Webb | John Simons misses long on a jumpshot from the right wing | 30-40 |
| 14:41 | Gardner-Webb | Ian Lewis gets the offensive rebound | 30-40 |
| 14:31 | Gardner-Webb | Ian Lewis travels with the ball | 30-40 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Gerard Mitchell (SF), John Hatch (C) Edwin Welty, Jonathan Eastman | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Reginald Davis (SG), Olafemi Akawanzie (PF) Michael Odom, Thomas Burks | |
| 14:02 | North Carolina | Robert Grasso is hacked by Ian Lewis - foul #3 on Ian Lewis, team foul #10 | 30-40 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Edwin Welty (SF) Ian Lewis | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Michael Gorczynski (PG), Jerry Kinney (SF) Kapeni Arizmendi, Randy Kwong | |
| 14:02 | North Carolina | Robert Grasso makes the 1st free throw | 30-41 |
| 14:02 | North Carolina | Robert Grasso makes the 2nd free throw | 30-42 |
| 13:52 | Gardner-Webb | Edwin Welty misses short on a floater from the baseline but he's fouled by Reginald Davis - foul #2 on Reginald Davis, team foul #4 | 30-42 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Andrew Bluhm (SF), Terry Cover (C) Gerard Mitchell, John Hatch | |
| Subs | North Carolina | | |
| 13:52 | Gardner-Webb | Edwin Welty makes the 1st free throw | 31-42 |
| 13:52 | Gardner-Webb | Edwin Welty makes the 2nd free throw | 32-42 |
| 13:29 | North Carolina | Robert Grasso connects on the jumper from just outside the lane | 32-44 |
| 13:13 | Gardner-Webb | Ronald Schlesinger comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 32-44 |
| 13:12 | Gardner-Webb | Terry Cover tips it back up and in | 34-44 |
| 12:53 | North Carolina | Jerry Kinney knocks in the pull-up jumper from the right side | 34-46 |
| 12:28 | Gardner-Webb | Andrew Bluhm's pass is intercepted by Robert Grasso | 34-46 |
| 12:09 | North Carolina | Reginald Davis is hacked by Ronald Schlesinger - foul #4 on Ronald Schlesinger, team foul #11 | 34-46 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Ian Lewis (PG), Gerard Mitchell (SG), Jonathan Eastman (PF), John Hatch (C) Ronald Schlesinger, Andrew Bluhm, John Simons, Terry Cover | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Kapeni Arizmendi (PG), Randy Kwong (SF), Thomas Burks (PF), Tony Dennis (C) Michael Gorczynski, Jerry Kinney, Olafemi Akawanzie, Robert Grasso | |
| 12:09 | North Carolina | Reginald Davis makes the 1st free throw | 34-47 |
| 12:09 | North Carolina | Reginald Davis makes the 2nd free throw | 34-48 |
| 11:47 | Gardner-Webb | Gerard Mitchell misses the jumpshot from the left wing | 34-48 |
| 11:45 | North Carolina | Reginald Davis gets the rebound | 34-48 |
| Lineup | Gardner-Webb | PG - Ian Lewis (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Gerard Mitchell (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Edwin Welty (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. PF - Jonathan Eastman (fresh) 3 pts. C - John Hatch (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Kapeni Arizmendi (fresh) SG - Reginald Davis (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. SF - Randy Kwong (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Thomas Burks (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. C - Tony Dennis (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:19 | North Carolina | Randy Kwong scores on a floater from close range on a nice dish by Kapeni Arizmendi | 34-50 |
| 11:00 | Gardner-Webb | Jonathan Eastman drills a turnaround from the baseline set up by Ian Lewis | 36-50 |
| 10:39 | North Carolina | Reginald Davis makes the turnaround from the right block and he's fouled by Edwin Welty - foul #2 on Edwin Welty, team foul #12 | 36-52 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Andrew Bluhm (SF), Terry Cover (C) Edwin Welty, John Hatch | |
| Subs | North Carolina | | |
| 10:39 | North Carolina | Reginald Davis makes the free throw | 36-53 |
| Game Plan | Gardner-Webb | Gardner-Webb is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/man to man (+1) | |
| 10:26 | Gardner-Webb | Gerard Mitchell's pass is intercepted by Reginald Davis | 36-53 |
| 10:23 | North Carolina | Randy Kwong banks in the layup set up by Reginald Davis | 36-55 |
| 10:07 | Gardner-Webb | Jonathan Eastman scores on a runner from close range set up by Ian Lewis | 38-55 |
| 09:38 | North Carolina | Thomas Burks hits a shot in the paint on a great pass from Kapeni Arizmendi | 38-57 |
| 09:28 | Gardner-Webb | Terry Cover misses the lay-in | 38-57 |
| 09:26 | North Carolina | Tony Dennis grabs the defensive rebound | 38-57 |
| 08:59 | North Carolina | Tony Dennis throws a bad pass out of bounds | 38-57 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Edwin Welty (PG), John Garrison (SG), Micheal Capps (SF), John Simons (PF) Ian Lewis, Gerard Mitchell, Andrew Bluhm, Jonathan Eastman | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Michael Gorczynski (PG), Michael Odom (SG), Jerry Kinney (SF), Olafemi Akawanzie (PF), Robert Grasso (C) Kapeni Arizmendi, Reginald Davis, Randy Kwong, Thomas Burks, Tony Dennis | |
| 08:40 | Gardner-Webb | Edwin Welty clanks a 3 pointer from the right wing | 38-57 |
| 08:38 | North Carolina | Jerry Kinney gets the rebound | 38-57 |
| 08:14 | North Carolina | Olafemi Akawanzie jams it | 38-59 |
| 08:07 | Gardner-Webb | Edwin Welty is fouled on the floor by Olafemi Akawanzie - foul #4 on Olafemi Akawanzie, team foul #5 | 38-59 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | John Hatch (C) Terry Cover | |
| Subs | North Carolina | | |
| 07:55 | Gardner-Webb | Edwin Welty hits a 3pt attempt from straight away | 41-59 |
| 07:27 | North Carolina | Jerry Kinney double dribbles | 41-59 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Ian Lewis (PG), Ronald Schlesinger (SG), Andrew Bluhm (SF), Jonathan Eastman (PF) Edwin Welty, John Garrison, Micheal Capps, John Hatch | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Michael Heberling (PG), Young Chiu (PF) Michael Gorczynski, Olafemi Akawanzie | |
| Lineup | Gardner-Webb | PG - Ian Lewis (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SG - Ronald Schlesinger (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. 4 pf. SF - Andrew Bluhm (fresh) 3 pts. 2 stl. 3 pf. PF - Jonathan Eastman (fresh) 7 pts. C - John Simons (fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Michael Heberling (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael Odom (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Jerry Kinney (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Young Chiu (fresh) C - Robert Grasso (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:18 | Gardner-Webb | Andrew Bluhm connects on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 44-59 |
| 06:55 | North Carolina | Robert Grasso scores on a turnaround in the paint | 44-61 |
| 06:38 | Gardner-Webb | Ronald Schlesinger misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 44-61 |
| 06:36 | North Carolina | Jerry Kinney gets the rebound | 44-61 |
| 06:07 | North Carolina | Jerry Kinney lays it up and in | 44-63 |
| 05:51 | Gardner-Webb | Ian Lewis misses short on a shot from the right side but the foul's on Michael Heberling - foul #1 on Michael Heberling, team foul #6 | 44-63 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Gerard Mitchell (SF), Terry Cover (C) Andrew Bluhm, John Simons | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Michael Gorczynski (PG), Reginald Davis (SG), Randy Kwong (SF), Thomas Burks (PF), Tony Dennis (C) Michael Heberling, Michael Odom, Jerry Kinney, Young Chiu, Robert Grasso | |
| 05:51 | Gardner-Webb | Ian Lewis makes the 1st free throw | 45-63 |
| 05:51 | Gardner-Webb | Ian Lewis makes the 2nd free throw | 46-63 |
| 05:27 | North Carolina | Randy Kwong misses the shot from the left side | 46-63 |
| 05:25 | Gardner-Webb | Gerard Mitchell snags the defensive board | 46-63 |
| 05:19 | Gardner-Webb | Gerard Mitchell misses long on a runner from close range | 46-63 |
| 05:18 | North Carolina | Thomas Burks snags the defensive board | 46-63 |
| 04:56 | North Carolina | Randy Kwong comes up short on the floater near the basket | 46-63 |
| 04:54 | North Carolina | Thomas Burks grabs the offensive board | 46-63 |
| 04:33 | North Carolina | Tony Dennis is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #1 on Tony Dennis, team foul #7 | 46-63 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Edwin Welty (SG), Micheal Capps (SF), John Hatch (PF) Ian Lewis, Ronald Schlesinger, Jonathan Eastman | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Kapeni Arizmendi (PG), Olafemi Akawanzie (PF) Michael Gorczynski, Thomas Burks | |
| 04:16 | Gardner-Webb | Gerard Mitchell misses the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 46-63 |
| 04:15 | Gardner-Webb | Edwin Welty tips it home | 48-63 |
| 03:51 | North Carolina | Tony Dennis banks in the layup set up by Kapeni Arizmendi | 48-65 |
| Game Plan | Gardner-Webb | Gardner-Webb is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| 03:33 | Gardner-Webb | Terry Cover clanks a 3pt shot from straight away | 48-65 |
| 03:32 | Gardner-Webb | Edwin Welty tips it home | 50-65 |
| Game Plan | Gardner-Webb | Gardner-Webb is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| 03:10 | North Carolina | Reginald Davis loses the dribble to Edwin Welty | 50-65 |
| Lineup | Gardner-Webb | PG - Gerard Mitchell (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Edwin Welty (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SF - Micheal Capps (fresh) PF - John Hatch (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Terry Cover (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Kapeni Arizmendi (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Reginald Davis (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. SF - Randy Kwong (fairly fresh) 6 pts. PF - Olafemi Akawanzie (fresh) 2 pts. 4 pf. C - Tony Dennis (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 03:08 | Gardner-Webb | Edwin Welty is called for traveling in the backcourt | 50-65 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | John Garrison (SG), John Simons (PF) Gerard Mitchell, Terry Cover | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Michael Odom (SG), Jerry Kinney (SF), Thomas Burks (PF), Robert Grasso (C) Reginald Davis, Randy Kwong, Olafemi Akawanzie, Tony Dennis | |
| 02:44 | North Carolina | Robert Grasso dunks the ball on a nice dish by Kapeni Arizmendi and the foul's on Micheal Capps - foul #2 on Micheal Capps, team foul #13 | 50-67 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Michael Gorczynski (PG) Kapeni Arizmendi | |
| 02:44 | North Carolina | Robert Grasso makes the free throw | 50-68 |
| 02:16 | Gardner-Webb | Edwin Welty misses long on a shot from the right wing | 50-68 |
| 02:15 | North Carolina | Thomas Burks grabs the defensive rebound | 50-68 |
| 02:10 | North Carolina | Michael Odom hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 50-68 |
| 02:08 | North Carolina | Jerry Kinney gets the offensive rebound | 50-68 |
| 01:52 | North Carolina | Robert Grasso is hacked by Edwin Welty - foul #3 on Edwin Welty, team foul #14 | 50-68 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Gerard Mitchell (PG) John Garrison | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Olafemi Akawanzie (PF) Thomas Burks | |
| 01:52 | North Carolina | Robert Grasso makes the 1st free throw | 50-69 |
| 01:52 | North Carolina | Robert Grasso makes the 2nd free throw | 50-70 |
| 01:45 | Gardner-Webb | Edwin Welty misses the jump hook from the baseline but the foul's on Olafemi Akawanzie - foul #5 on Olafemi Akawanzie, team foul #8 | 50-70 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Thomas Burks (PF), Tony Dennis (C) Olafemi Akawanzie, Robert Grasso | |
| 01:45 | Gardner-Webb | Edwin Welty makes the 1st free throw | 51-70 |
| 01:45 | Gardner-Webb | Edwin Welty makes the 2nd free throw | 52-70 |
| 01:28 | North Carolina | Thomas Burks misses badly on a jumpshot from the right side | 52-70 |
| 01:27 | North Carolina | Michael Gorczynski grabs the offensive board | 52-70 |
| 01:08 | North Carolina | Michael Odom buries a 3pt shot from straight away set up by Michael Gorczynski | 52-73 |
| 00:55 | Gardner-Webb | John Hatch can't connect on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 52-73 |
| 00:53 | Gardner-Webb | John Hatch gets the offensive rebound | 52-73 |
| Game Plan | Gardner-Webb | Gardner-Webb is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| 00:50 | Gardner-Webb | John Hatch is called for traveling | 52-73 |
| Game Plan | Gardner-Webb | Gardner-Webb is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| 00:30 | North Carolina | Thomas Burks misses the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 52-73 |
| 00:29 | Gardner-Webb | John Simons gets the rebound | 52-73 |
| 00:24 | Gardner-Webb | John Hatch hits a jump hook in the paint | 54-73 |
| 00:00 | North Carolina | Michael Gorczynski runs out the clock | 54-73 |