| Lineup | NC State | PG - Brian Landowski (fresh) 6 pts. SG - William Gunn (fresh) 10 pts. SF - Chen Xue (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Joe Lahey (fresh) 3 reb. C - Justin Sonntag (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Florida State | PG - James Taylor (fresh) 4 pts. 4 ast. SG - Kevin McGraw (fresh) 13 pts. 3 pf. SF - Michael Burnett (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Justin Lovejoy (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Charles Case (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Florida State | Michael Burnett inbounds the ball | 32-35 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Florida State | Florida State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:36 | Florida State | Charles Case hits the front of the rim on the jumper from just outside the lane | 32-35 |
| 19:35 | NC State | Chen Xue grabs the defensive rebound | 32-35 |
| 19:06 | NC State | Chen Xue misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 32-35 |
| 19:04 | NC State | Brian Landowski grabs the offensive board | 32-35 |
| 18:46 | NC State | Chen Xue is whistled for a charge - foul #1 on Chen Xue, team foul #1 | 32-35 |
| Subs | NC State | William Johnson (SF), Bobby Rose (PF) Brian Landowski, Joe Lahey | |
| Subs | Florida State | | |
| 18:26 | Florida State | Michael Burnett is hacked by William Johnson - foul #3 on William Johnson, team foul #2 | 32-35 |
| Subs | NC State | Brian Landowski (PG), Eugene Francis (SG) William Gunn, William Johnson | |
| Subs | Florida State | | |
| 18:07 | Florida State | James Taylor is hacked by Bobby Rose - foul #2 on Bobby Rose, team foul #3 | 32-35 |
| Subs | NC State | William Gunn (SG), Joe Lahey (PF) Eugene Francis, Bobby Rose | |
| Subs | Florida State | | |
| 17:51 | Florida State | William Gunn is called for the reach on Kevin McGraw - foul #3 on William Gunn, team foul #4 | 32-35 |
| Subs | NC State | Eugene Francis (SG) William Gunn | |
| Subs | Florida State | | |
| 17:40 | Florida State | James Taylor scores on a fadeaway from the right side on a great pass from Justin Lovejoy | 32-37 |
| 17:14 | NC State | Eugene Francis misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 32-37 |
| 17:12 | Florida State | Charles Case grabs the defensive rebound | 32-37 |
| 16:50 | Florida State | Michael Burnett hits a fadeaway from the free throw line on a great pass from James Taylor | 32-39 |
| 16:22 | NC State | Chen Xue misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 32-39 |
| 16:21 | Florida State | Charles Case pulls down the rebound | 32-39 |
| 16:01 | Florida State | James Taylor misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 32-39 |
| 16:00 | NC State | Eugene Francis grabs the board | 32-39 |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Brian Landowski (fairly fresh) 6 pts. SG - Eugene Francis (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Chen Xue (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Joe Lahey (fresh) 3 reb. C - Justin Sonntag (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Florida State | PG - James Taylor (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 ast. SG - Kevin McGraw (fresh) 13 pts. 3 pf. SF - Michael Burnett (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. PF - Justin Lovejoy (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Charles Case (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 15:34 | NC State | Justin Sonntag misses badly on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 32-39 |
| 15:33 | Florida State | Kevin McGraw grabs the defensive rebound | 32-39 |
| 15:29 | Florida State | James Taylor misses long on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's hacked by Joe Lahey - foul #2 on Joe Lahey, team foul #5 | 32-39 |
| Subs | NC State | William Gunn (PG), Joseph Riedel (SG), William Johnson (SF), Bobby Rose (PF) Brian Landowski, Eugene Francis, Chen Xue, Joe Lahey | |
| Subs | Florida State | Richard Darby (SF), Donald Turner (PF) Michael Burnett, Justin Lovejoy | |
| 15:29 | Florida State | James Taylor makes the 1st free throw | 32-40 |
| 15:29 | Florida State | James Taylor makes the 2nd free throw | 32-41 |
| 15:07 | NC State | Justin Sonntag hits a floater from the free throw line on a nice dish by William Johnson | 34-41 |
| 14:54 | Florida State | Charles Case misses short on a jump hook near the basket | 34-41 |
| 14:52 | NC State | Joseph Riedel pulls down the rebound | 34-41 |
| 14:23 | NC State | Donald Turner swats the shot by William Johnson | 34-41 |
| 14:22 | Florida State | Richard Darby grabs the defensive rebound | 34-41 |
| 13:53 | Florida State | Donald Turner makes the turnaround from the baseline set up by Kevin McGraw | 34-43 |
| 13:32 | NC State | William Gunn connects on the 3 pointer from the right corner set up by Joseph Riedel | 37-43 |
| 13:12 | Florida State | Charles Case lays it in on a nice dish by Richard Darby and the foul's on William Johnson - foul #4 on William Johnson, team foul #6 | 37-45 |
| Subs | NC State | Brian Landowski (PG), Chen Xue (SF), Joe Lahey (PF), Donald Fountain (C) Joseph Riedel, William Johnson, Bobby Rose, Justin Sonntag | |
| Subs | Florida State | Michael Burnett (SF), Justin Lovejoy (PF) Richard Darby, Donald Turner | |
| 13:12 | Florida State | Charles Case misses the free throw | 37-45 |
| 13:12 | NC State | The rebound goes to Joe Lahey | 37-45 |
| 12:49 | NC State | Brian Landowski misses the jumper from the free throw line | 37-45 |
| 12:48 | NC State | Donald Fountain tips it but misses | 37-45 |
| 12:47 | Florida State | Kevin McGraw gets the rebound | 37-45 |
| 12:28 | Florida State | Kevin McGraw splits the doubleteam and buries a 3pt shot from the left corner on a nice dish by Justin Lovejoy | 37-48 |
| 12:07 | NC State | William Gunn clanks a 3pt jumper from straight away | 37-48 |
| 12:05 | Florida State | Michael Burnett pulls down the rebound | 37-48 |
| 12:01 | Florida State | Chen Xue picks off the pass by James Taylor | 37-48 |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Brian Landowski (fresh) 6 pts. SG - William Gunn (fresh) 13 pts. 3 pf. SF - Chen Xue (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Joe Lahey (fresh) 4 reb. C - Donald Fountain (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Florida State | PG - James Taylor (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 5 ast. SG - Kevin McGraw (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Michael Burnett (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - Justin Lovejoy (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Charles Case (tiring) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:54 | NC State | Kevin McGraw steps in front of the Donald Fountain pass | 37-48 |
| 11:35 | Florida State | Charles Case connects on the turnaround near the basket on a great pass from James Taylor | 37-50 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Florida State | Florida State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 11:20 | NC State | Brian Landowski scores on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 39-50 |
| 11:11 | Florida State | Michael Burnett clanks a runner near the basket but he's fouled by Brian Landowski - foul #1 on Brian Landowski, team foul #7 | 39-50 |
| Subs | NC State | Eugene Francis (SG), Justin Sonntag (C) William Gunn, Donald Fountain | |
| Subs | Florida State | Jon Hayes (PG), Larry Wilson (C) James Taylor, Charles Case | |
| 11:11 | Florida State | Michael Burnett makes the 1st free throw | 39-51 |
| 11:11 | Florida State | Michael Burnett makes the 2nd free throw | 39-52 |
| 10:57 | NC State | Michael Burnett steals it from Brian Landowski | 39-52 |
| 10:37 | Florida State | Kevin McGraw misses short on a jump hook in the paint but he's hacked by Joe Lahey - foul #3 on Joe Lahey, team foul #8 | 39-52 |
| Subs | NC State | William Gunn (SG), Bobby Rose (PF) Eugene Francis, Joe Lahey | |
| Subs | Florida State | | |
| 10:37 | Florida State | Kevin McGraw makes the 1st free throw | 39-53 |
| 10:37 | Florida State | Kevin McGraw makes the 2nd free throw | 39-54 |
| 10:17 | NC State | Michael Burnett steals the ball from Brian Landowski | 39-54 |
| 10:14 | Florida State | Kevin McGraw banks in the layup on a nice dish by Michael Burnett | 39-56 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Florida State | Florida State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 09:55 | NC State | Bobby Rose misses the lay-in | 39-56 |
| 09:53 | NC State | William Gunn snags the offensive board | 39-56 |
| 09:31 | NC State | William Gunn clanks a 3 from the right wing | 39-56 |
| 09:29 | Florida State | Larry Wilson pulls down the rebound | 39-56 |
| 09:22 | Florida State | Justin Lovejoy misses long on an open runner in the paint | 39-56 |
| 09:21 | NC State | Brian Landowski grabs the defensive rebound | 39-56 |
| 09:10 | NC State | Brian Landowski drills a shot from the right side on a great pass from William Gunn | 41-56 |
| 08:50 | Florida State | Michael Burnett clanks a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 41-56 |
| 08:49 | Florida State | Michael Burnett grabs the offensive board | 41-56 |
| 08:39 | Florida State | Chen Xue picks off the pass by Jon Hayes | 41-56 |
| 08:26 | NC State | Brian Landowski blows the layup | 41-56 |
| 08:24 | Florida State | Kevin McGraw pulls down the rebound | 41-56 |
| 08:09 | Florida State | Jon Hayes is fouled on the floor by Justin Sonntag - foul #2 on Justin Sonntag, team foul #9 | 41-56 |
| Subs | NC State | Eugene Francis (SG), Joe Lahey (PF) Brian Landowski, Bobby Rose | |
| Subs | Florida State | James Taylor (PG), Richard Darby (SF), Donald Turner (PF), Charles Case (C) Kevin McGraw, Michael Burnett, Justin Lovejoy, Larry Wilson | |
| 08:09 | Florida State | Jon Hayes makes the 1st free throw | 41-57 |
| 08:09 | Florida State | Jon Hayes misses the 2nd free throw | 41-57 |
| 08:09 | NC State | Joe Lahey grabs the defensive rebound | 41-57 |
| 08:02 | NC State | Eugene Francis misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 41-57 |
| 08:00 | Florida State | Charles Case grabs the defensive rebound | 41-57 |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - William Gunn (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Eugene Francis (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Chen Xue (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Joe Lahey (fresh) 5 reb. 3 pf. C - Justin Sonntag (tiring) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Florida State | PG - James Taylor (fresh) 8 pts. 6 ast. SG - Jon Hayes (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Richard Darby (fresh) 4 reb. PF - Donald Turner (fresh) 4 pts. C - Charles Case (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 07:56 | Florida State | Jon Hayes is fouled on the floor by Joe Lahey - foul #4 on Joe Lahey, team foul #10 | 41-57 |
| Subs | NC State | William Johnson (SF) Chen Xue | |
| Subs | Florida State | | |
| 07:56 | Florida State | Jon Hayes makes the 1st free throw | 41-58 |
| 07:56 | Florida State | Jon Hayes makes the 2nd free throw | 41-59 |
| 07:48 | NC State | William Gunn misses short on a 3 from straight away | 41-59 |
| 07:47 | Florida State | Charles Case pulls down the rebound | 41-59 |
| 07:22 | Florida State | William Johnson is called for the reach on Richard Darby - foul #5 on William Johnson, team foul #11 | 41-59 |
| Subs | NC State | Brian Landowski (PG), Chen Xue (SF) William Gunn, William Johnson | |
| Subs | Florida State | | |
| 07:22 | Florida State | Richard Darby makes the 1st free throw | 41-60 |
| 07:22 | Florida State | Richard Darby misses the 2nd free throw | 41-60 |
| 07:22 | NC State | The rebound goes to Justin Sonntag | 41-60 |
| 07:04 | NC State | Eugene Francis hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 41-60 |
| 07:02 | Florida State | The rebound goes to James Taylor | 41-60 |
| 06:47 | Florida State | Charles Case drills a fadeaway in the lane on a nice dish by Donald Turner and he's fouled by Brian Landowski - foul #2 on Brian Landowski, team foul #12 | 41-62 |
| Subs | NC State | William Gunn (PG) Brian Landowski | |
| Subs | Florida State | Michael Burnett (SF), Justin Lovejoy (PF) Richard Darby, Donald Turner | |
| 06:47 | Florida State | Charles Case misses the free throw | 41-62 |
| 06:47 | NC State | Joe Lahey snags the defensive board | 41-62 |
| 06:23 | NC State | Justin Sonntag travels with the ball | 41-62 |
| Subs | NC State | Brian Landowski (PG) William Gunn | |
| Subs | Florida State | Kevin McGraw (SG) Jon Hayes | |
| 05:56 | Florida State | Kevin McGraw's pass is intercepted by Joe Lahey | 41-62 |
| 05:43 | NC State | Brian Landowski hits the front of the rim on the floater near the basket | 41-62 |
| 05:42 | Florida State | Charles Case pulls down the rebound | 41-62 |
| 05:16 | Florida State | Kevin McGraw is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a floater from the left wing | 41-62 |
| 05:15 | NC State | Justin Sonntag grabs the defensive rebound | 41-62 |
| 04:54 | NC State | Brian Landowski comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the right side | 41-62 |
| 04:53 | Florida State | Justin Lovejoy pulls down the rebound | 41-62 |
| 04:38 | Florida State | Justin Lovejoy misses short on a fadeaway from the left side | 41-62 |
| 04:37 | Florida State | Justin Lovejoy tips it in | 41-64 |
| 04:18 | NC State | Justin Sonntag misses short on a floater near the basket but he's fouled by Kevin McGraw - foul #4 on Kevin McGraw, team foul #1 | 41-64 |
| Subs | NC State | William Gunn (PG), Joseph Riedel (SG) Brian Landowski, Eugene Francis | |
| Subs | Florida State | Jon Hayes (SG), Richard Darby (SF), Donald Turner (PF), Larry Wilson (C) Kevin McGraw, Michael Burnett, Justin Lovejoy, Charles Case | |
| 04:18 | NC State | Justin Sonntag makes the 1st free throw | 42-64 |
| 04:18 | NC State | Justin Sonntag makes the 2nd free throw | 43-64 |
| 04:05 | Florida State | Larry Wilson comes up short on the turnaround from close range but he's hacked by Joseph Riedel - foul #2 on Joseph Riedel, team foul #13 | 43-64 |
| Subs | NC State | Brian Landowski (PG), Donald Fountain (C) Joseph Riedel, Justin Sonntag | |
| Subs | Florida State | | |
| 04:05 | Florida State | Larry Wilson misses the 1st free throw | 43-64 |
| 04:05 | Florida State | Larry Wilson makes the 2nd free throw | 43-65 |
| 03:52 | NC State | Brian Landowski loses the dribble to James Taylor | 43-65 |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Brian Landowski (fairly fresh) 10 pts. SG - William Gunn (fresh) 13 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Chen Xue (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Joe Lahey (fairly fresh) 6 reb. 4 pf. C - Donald Fountain (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Florida State | PG - James Taylor (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 6 ast. 2 stl. SG - Jon Hayes (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Richard Darby (fresh) 1 pts. 4 reb. PF - Donald Turner (fresh) 4 pts. C - Larry Wilson (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Florida State | Florida State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 03:39 | Florida State | Donald Turner misses badly on a shot from the free throw line | 43-65 |
| 03:37 | NC State | Brian Landowski grabs the defensive rebound | 43-65 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Florida State | Florida State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 03:32 | NC State | Chen Xue buries a jumper from the free throw line set up by Joe Lahey and the foul's on Richard Darby - foul #1 on Richard Darby, team foul #2 | 45-65 |
| Subs | NC State | Justin Sonntag (C) Donald Fountain | |
| Subs | Florida State | Kevin McGraw (SG) James Taylor | |
| 03:32 | NC State | Chen Xue makes the free throw | 46-65 |
| 03:25 | Florida State | Kevin McGraw makes the contested pull-up jumper from the free throw line set up by Jon Hayes | 46-67 |
| 03:06 | NC State | Brian Landowski misses badly on a fadeaway from the left side | 46-67 |
| 03:04 | Florida State | Larry Wilson pulls down the rebound | 46-67 |
| 02:58 | Florida State | Kevin McGraw works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 46-67 |
| 02:56 | Florida State | Donald Turner hits the follow up shot | 46-69 |
| 02:49 | NC State | Brian Landowski hits a shot from the left side set up by Joe Lahey and he's fouled by Larry Wilson - foul #1 on Larry Wilson, team foul #3 | 48-69 |
| Subs | NC State | Bobby Rose (PF) Joe Lahey | |
| Subs | Florida State | | |
| 02:49 | NC State | Brian Landowski makes the free throw | 49-69 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Florida State | Florida State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 02:25 | Florida State | Kevin McGraw evades the doubleteam but misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 49-69 |
| 02:24 | Florida State | Larry Wilson pulls down the offensive rebound | 49-69 |
| 02:04 | Florida State | Donald Turner misses the shot from the right block | 49-69 |
| 02:03 | Florida State | The offensive rebound goes to Richard Darby | 49-69 |
| 01:52 | Florida State | Donald Turner is called for traveling | 49-69 |
| Subs | NC State | Joe Lahey (PF) Bobby Rose | |
| Subs | Florida State | | |
| 01:38 | NC State | Brian Landowski makes the jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Chen Xue | 51-69 |
| 01:14 | Florida State | Donald Turner hits a turnaround in the paint on a nice dish by Richard Darby and the foul's on Justin Sonntag - foul #3 on Justin Sonntag, team foul #14 | 51-71 |
| 01:14 | Florida State | Donald Turner makes the free throw | 51-72 |
| 00:55 | NC State | Chen Xue scores on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 54-72 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Florida State | Florida State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:33 | Florida State | Kevin McGraw misses long on a jumper from the right side | 54-72 |
| 00:31 | NC State | Joe Lahey gets the rebound | 54-72 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Florida State | Florida State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:23 | NC State | Brian Landowski is fouled on the floor by Jon Hayes - foul #3 on Jon Hayes, team foul #4 | 54-72 |
| 00:19 | NC State | The short jumper by Brian Landowski is denied by Larry Wilson | 54-72 |
| 00:18 | NC State | Justin Sonntag gets the offensive rebound | 54-72 |
| 00:14 | NC State | Justin Sonntag's fadeaway is rejected by Donald Turner | 54-72 |
| 00:12 | NC State | Joe Lahey grabs the offensive board | 54-72 |
| 00:10 | NC State | Brian Landowski knocks in the floater from the right block on a nice dish by Chen Xue and the foul's on Jon Hayes - foul #4 on Jon Hayes, team foul #5 | 56-72 |
| 00:10 | NC State | Brian Landowski makes the free throw | 57-72 |
| 00:00 | Florida State | Jon Hayes runs out the clock | 57-72 |