| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Micheal Dubois (fresh) SG - Jonathan Malick (fresh) 3 ast. SF - Lynn Wagner (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Adrian Smith (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Gerald Sweat (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Karl Blackmore (fresh) 1 ast. SG - David Howard (fresh) 12 pts. 2 stl. SF - Troy Wildenberg (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Johnny Ickes (fresh) C - Ernest Wood (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | NC State | Troy Wildenberg inbounds the ball | 21-33 |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| 19:37 | NC State | David Howard comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 21-33 |
| 19:35 | UC Irvine | The rebound goes to Gerald Sweat | 21-33 |
| 19:16 | UC Irvine | Gerald Sweat can't finish the layup | 21-33 |
| 19:14 | NC State | Troy Wildenberg grabs the board | 21-33 |
| 18:54 | NC State | Karl Blackmore is fouled on the floor by Lynn Wagner - foul #2 on Lynn Wagner, team foul #1 | 21-33 |
| 18:35 | NC State | Johnny Ickes can't finish the layup | 21-33 |
| 18:33 | UC Irvine | Lynn Wagner grabs the board | 21-33 |
| 18:27 | UC Irvine | Lynn Wagner loses the ball out of bounds in the backcourt | 21-33 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | | |
| Subs | NC State | Louis Willbanks (SF), Robert Andrews (PF), Charles Lajoie (C) Troy Wildenberg, Johnny Ickes, Ernest Wood | |
| 18:14 | NC State | Louis Willbanks can't connect on a fadeaway from close range but the foul's on Lynn Wagner - foul #3 on Lynn Wagner, team foul #2 | 21-33 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Eddie Steinke (SF) Lynn Wagner | |
| Subs | NC State | | |
| 18:14 | NC State | Louis Willbanks makes the 1st free throw | 21-34 |
| 18:14 | NC State | Louis Willbanks misses the 2nd free throw | 21-34 |
| 18:14 | UC Irvine | Adrian Smith gets the rebound | 21-34 |
| 18:11 | UC Irvine | Adrian Smith is hacked by David Howard in the backcourt - foul #3 on David Howard, team foul #1 | 21-34 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | | |
| Subs | NC State | David Cherry (SG) David Howard | |
| 17:58 | UC Irvine | Jonathan Malick hits a 3 pointer from the left corner on a nice dish by Micheal Dubois | 24-34 |
| 17:36 | NC State | Robert Andrews is whistled for traveling | 24-34 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Bill Huff (PG), William Lott (C) Micheal Dubois, Gerald Sweat | |
| Subs | NC State | Brandon Kirkpatrick (PG) Karl Blackmore | |
| 17:14 | UC Irvine | Bill Huff buries a 3pt jumper from straight away | 27-34 |
| 16:51 | NC State | Robert Andrews scores on a shot from the right block | 27-36 |
| 16:36 | UC Irvine | Louis Willbanks picks off the pass by Jonathan Malick | 27-36 |
| 16:12 | NC State | Robert Andrews misses the floater from just outside the lane | 27-36 |
| 16:11 | UC Irvine | Eddie Steinke grabs the board | 27-36 |
| 16:09 | UC Irvine | Adrian Smith throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 27-36 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Micheal Dubois (PG), William Beacham (PF), Gerald Sweat (C) Jonathan Malick, Adrian Smith, William Lott | |
| Subs | NC State | Karl Blackmore (PG), Troy Wildenberg (SF), Johnny Ickes (PF), Ernest Wood (C) Brandon Kirkpatrick, Louis Willbanks, Robert Andrews, Charles Lajoie | |
| 15:50 | NC State | Troy Wildenberg travels with the ball | 27-36 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Lynn Wagner (SF) Eddie Steinke | |
| Subs | NC State | David Howard (SG) David Cherry | |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Micheal Dubois (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Bill Huff (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Lynn Wagner (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. PF - William Beacham (fresh) 3 pts. C - Gerald Sweat (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Karl Blackmore (fresh) 1 ast. SG - David Howard (fresh) 12 pts. 2 stl. 3 pf. SF - Troy Wildenberg (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Johnny Ickes (fresh) C - Ernest Wood (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:33 | UC Irvine | Lynn Wagner's fadeaway is rejected by Troy Wildenberg | 27-36 |
| 15:31 | UC Irvine | Lynn Wagner gets the offensive rebound | 27-36 |
| 15:16 | UC Irvine | Gerald Sweat's floater is knocked away by Troy Wildenberg | 27-36 |
| 15:14 | NC State | Johnny Ickes grabs the defensive rebound | 27-36 |
| 14:54 | NC State | Johnny Ickes's floater is tipped away by William Beacham | 27-36 |
| 14:52 | NC State | Ernest Wood tips it but misses | 27-36 |
| 14:50 | NC State | Troy Wildenberg tips it back up and in | 27-38 |
| 14:32 | UC Irvine | Bill Huff drills a shot from just outside the lane set up by Lynn Wagner and the foul's on Johnny Ickes - foul #2 on Johnny Ickes, team foul #2 | 29-38 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Jonathan Malick (SG), Adrian Smith (PF), Eddie Steinke (C) Micheal Dubois, William Beacham, Gerald Sweat | |
| Subs | NC State | Brandon Kirkpatrick (PG), Robert Andrews (PF), Charles Lajoie (C) Karl Blackmore, Johnny Ickes, Ernest Wood | |
| 14:32 | UC Irvine | Bill Huff makes the free throw | 30-38 |
| 14:08 | NC State | Bill Huff steals the ball from Troy Wildenberg | 30-38 |
| 14:05 | UC Irvine | Bill Huff lays it up and in | 32-38 |
| 13:39 | NC State | Robert Andrews misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 32-38 |
| 13:38 | UC Irvine | The rebound goes to Bill Huff | 32-38 |
| 13:32 | UC Irvine | Eddie Steinke's fadeaway is rejected by Robert Andrews | 32-38 |
| 13:31 | UC Irvine | Adrian Smith hits the follow up shot | 34-38 |
| 13:02 | NC State | David Howard drills a jumpshot from the free throw line | 34-40 |
| 12:46 | UC Irvine | Jonathan Malick's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 34-40 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Micheal Dubois (PG), Neil Lacey (SG), William Beacham (PF), Gerald Sweat (C) Bill Huff, Jonathan Malick, Lynn Wagner, Adrian Smith | |
| Subs | NC State | Karl Blackmore (PG), David Cherry (SG), Louis Willbanks (SF), Johnny Ickes (PF), Ernest Wood (C) Brandon Kirkpatrick, David Howard, Troy Wildenberg, Robert Andrews, Charles Lajoie | |
| 12:23 | NC State | Louis Willbanks drills a driving attempt from the right block | 34-42 |
| 12:06 | UC Irvine | William Beacham hits a jumper from the left wing | 36-42 |
| 11:47 | NC State | Karl Blackmore knocks in the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 36-45 |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Micheal Dubois (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Neil Lacey (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Eddie Steinke (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - William Beacham (fresh) 5 pts. C - Gerald Sweat (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Karl Blackmore (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - David Cherry (fresh) SF - Louis Willbanks (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Johnny Ickes (fresh) 2 reb. C - Ernest Wood (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:26 | UC Irvine | Gerald Sweat misses the lay-in but the foul's on Ernest Wood - foul #1 on Ernest Wood, team foul #3 | 36-45 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Jonathan Malick (SG), Adrian Smith (PF) Eddie Steinke, William Beacham | |
| Subs | NC State | Brandon Kirkpatrick (PG), Charles Lajoie (C) Karl Blackmore, Ernest Wood | |
| 11:26 | UC Irvine | Gerald Sweat makes the 1st free throw | 37-45 |
| 11:26 | UC Irvine | Gerald Sweat makes the 2nd free throw | 38-45 |
| 11:06 | NC State | Gerald Sweat is called for the reach on Charles Lajoie - foul #2 on Gerald Sweat, team foul #3 | 38-45 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | | |
| Subs | NC State | Troy Wildenberg (SF) Louis Willbanks | |
| 10:48 | NC State | Charles Lajoie's pass is intercepted by Jonathan Malick | 38-45 |
| 10:45 | UC Irvine | Jonathan Malick lays it up and in | 40-45 |
| 10:19 | NC State | Troy Wildenberg misses the dunk but the foul's on Gerald Sweat - foul #3 on Gerald Sweat, team foul #4 | 40-45 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Bill Huff (PG), Eddie Steinke (SF), William Lott (C) Micheal Dubois, Neil Lacey, Gerald Sweat | |
| Subs | NC State | Karl Blackmore (PG), David Howard (SG), Robert Andrews (PF) Brandon Kirkpatrick, David Cherry, Johnny Ickes | |
| 10:19 | NC State | Troy Wildenberg misses the 1st free throw | 40-45 |
| 10:19 | NC State | Troy Wildenberg makes the 2nd free throw | 40-46 |
| 09:52 | UC Irvine | Eddie Steinke can't connect on a fadeaway from the right wing but he's fouled by David Howard - foul #4 on David Howard, team foul #4 | 40-46 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | William Beacham (SG) Jonathan Malick | |
| Subs | NC State | David Cherry (SG), Louis Willbanks (SF) David Howard, Troy Wildenberg | |
| 09:52 | UC Irvine | Eddie Steinke makes the 1st free throw | 41-46 |
| 09:52 | UC Irvine | Eddie Steinke makes the 2nd free throw | 42-46 |
| 09:31 | NC State | Adrian Smith swats the layup by Robert Andrews | 42-46 |
| 09:30 | UC Irvine | William Beacham gets the rebound | 42-46 |
| 09:06 | UC Irvine | William Beacham misses the easy layup | 42-46 |
| 09:04 | NC State | Robert Andrews pulls down the rebound | 42-46 |
| 08:44 | NC State | Karl Blackmore is fouled on the floor by William Lott - foul #1 on William Lott, team foul #5 | 42-46 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Micheal Dubois (PG), Jonathan Malick (SG), Lynn Wagner (SF), Gerald Sweat (C) Bill Huff, Eddie Steinke, Adrian Smith, William Lott | |
| Subs | NC State | Brandon Kirkpatrick (PG), Johnny Ickes (PF), Ernest Wood (C) Karl Blackmore, Robert Andrews, Charles Lajoie | |
| 08:32 | NC State | Johnny Ickes blows the layup but the foul's on Lynn Wagner - foul #4 on Lynn Wagner, team foul #6 | 42-46 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Eddie Steinke (SF) Lynn Wagner | |
| Subs | NC State | | |
| 08:32 | NC State | Johnny Ickes makes the 1st free throw | 42-47 |
| 08:32 | NC State | Johnny Ickes misses the 2nd free throw | 42-47 |
| 08:32 | NC State | Louis Willbanks gets the offensive rebound | 42-47 |
| 08:14 | NC State | Louis Willbanks buries a floater from the baseline | 42-49 |
| 08:06 | UC Irvine | Micheal Dubois is hacked by Brandon Kirkpatrick - foul #2 on Brandon Kirkpatrick, team foul #5 | 42-49 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | | |
| Subs | NC State | Troy Wildenberg (SF) Louis Willbanks | |
| 07:49 | UC Irvine | Micheal Dubois's fadeaway is rejected by Johnny Ickes | 42-49 |
| 07:47 | NC State | Johnny Ickes grabs the defensive rebound | 42-49 |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Micheal Dubois (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Jonathan Malick (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SF - Eddie Steinke (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - William Beacham (fresh) 5 pts. C - Gerald Sweat (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Brandon Kirkpatrick (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - David Cherry (fairly fresh) SF - Troy Wildenberg (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. PF - Johnny Ickes (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. C - Ernest Wood (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:21 | NC State | David Cherry loses the dribble to Micheal Dubois | 42-49 |
| 07:10 | UC Irvine | Micheal Dubois misses the 3 from the right wing | 42-49 |
| 07:08 | UC Irvine | Jonathan Malick grabs the offensive rebound | 42-49 |
| 06:54 | UC Irvine | William Beacham misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 42-49 |
| 06:52 | NC State | Brandon Kirkpatrick gets the rebound | 42-49 |
| 06:33 | NC State | Eddie Steinke steals it from Brandon Kirkpatrick | 42-49 |
| 06:18 | UC Irvine | Micheal Dubois makes the wide open jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by William Beacham | 44-49 |
| 05:57 | NC State | William Beacham blocks the short jumper by Ernest Wood | 44-49 |
| 05:55 | UC Irvine | Gerald Sweat pulls down the rebound | 44-49 |
| 05:55 | UC Irvine | UC Irvine calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 44-49 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Bill Huff (PG), Lynn Wagner (SF), Adrian Smith (PF) Micheal Dubois, William Beacham, Gerald Sweat | |
| Subs | NC State | Karl Blackmore (PG), David Howard (SG), Louis Willbanks (SF), Robert Andrews (PF), Charles Lajoie (C) Brandon Kirkpatrick, David Cherry, Troy Wildenberg, Johnny Ickes, Ernest Wood | |
| 05:51 | UC Irvine | Robert Andrews picks off the pass by Bill Huff in the backcourt | 44-49 |
| 05:35 | NC State | Robert Andrews misses badly on a driving attempt near the basket | 44-49 |
| 05:34 | UC Irvine | Eddie Steinke grabs the board | 44-49 |
| 05:32 | UC Irvine | Bill Huff throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 44-49 |
| 05:23 | NC State | Karl Blackmore hits a 3 pointer from straight away | 44-52 |
| 05:21 | UC Irvine | Louis Willbanks is called for the reach on Jonathan Malick in the backcourt - foul #2 on Louis Willbanks, team foul #6 | 44-52 |
| 05:13 | UC Irvine | Adrian Smith's fadeaway is rejected by Robert Andrews | 44-52 |
| 05:11 | NC State | Robert Andrews snags the defensive board | 44-52 |
| 04:54 | NC State | Adrian Smith steals it from Robert Andrews | 44-52 |
| 04:50 | UC Irvine | Lynn Wagner throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 44-52 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Micheal Dubois (PG) Jonathan Malick | |
| Subs | NC State | | |
| 04:41 | NC State | Charles Lajoie is denied on a layup by Eddie Steinke | 44-52 |
| 04:39 | NC State | Louis Willbanks misses the tip | 44-52 |
| 04:37 | NC State | David Howard tips it in | 44-54 |
| 04:33 | UC Irvine | Lynn Wagner loses the dribble to Louis Willbanks in the backcourt | 44-54 |
| 04:14 | NC State | Karl Blackmore hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 44-54 |
| 04:12 | NC State | David Howard misses the tip | 44-54 |
| 04:11 | UC Irvine | Adrian Smith grabs the defensive rebound | 44-54 |
| 03:55 | UC Irvine | Lynn Wagner can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 44-54 |
| 03:54 | UC Irvine | Eddie Steinke tips it but misses | 44-54 |
| 03:52 | NC State | Louis Willbanks grabs the board | 44-54 |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| 03:30 | NC State | Karl Blackmore connects on the 3 pointer from the left corner on a great pass from Robert Andrews | 44-57 |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Micheal Dubois (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Bill Huff (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Lynn Wagner (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 4 pf. PF - Adrian Smith (fresh) 7 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. C - Eddie Steinke (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Karl Blackmore (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - David Howard (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 2 stl. 4 pf. SF - Louis Willbanks (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. PF - Robert Andrews (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 3 reb. 3 blk. C - Charles Lajoie (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| 03:13 | UC Irvine | Micheal Dubois can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 44-57 |
| 03:11 | NC State | The rebound goes to Louis Willbanks | 44-57 |
| 02:49 | NC State | David Howard clanks a 3 from the right wing | 44-57 |
| 02:48 | UC Irvine | Lynn Wagner gets the rebound | 44-57 |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+3) | |
| 02:44 | UC Irvine | Lynn Wagner is fouled in the backcourt by Karl Blackmore - foul #1 on Karl Blackmore, team foul #7 | 44-57 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Neil Lacey (PG), William Beacham (SG), Robert Williams (PF), William Lott (C) Micheal Dubois, Bill Huff, Adrian Smith, Eddie Steinke | |
| Subs | NC State | Brandon Kirkpatrick (PG), Troy Wildenberg (SF), Johnny Ickes (PF), Ernest Wood (C) Karl Blackmore, Louis Willbanks, Robert Andrews, Charles Lajoie | |
| 02:44 | UC Irvine | Lynn Wagner makes the 1st free throw | 45-57 |
| 02:44 | UC Irvine | Lynn Wagner makes the 2nd free throw | 46-57 |
| 02:24 | NC State | William Beacham steals it from Johnny Ickes | 46-57 |
| 02:11 | UC Irvine | Lynn Wagner misses badly on a jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Troy Wildenberg - foul #2 on Troy Wildenberg, team foul #8 | 46-57 |
| 02:11 | UC Irvine | Lynn Wagner misses the 1st free throw | 46-57 |
| 02:11 | UC Irvine | Lynn Wagner misses the 2nd free throw | 46-57 |
| 02:11 | NC State | The rebound goes to Ernest Wood | 46-57 |
| 01:50 | NC State | Johnny Ickes buries a fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Brandon Kirkpatrick | 46-59 |
| 01:46 | UC Irvine | David Howard takes the ball from Lynn Wagner in the backcourt | 46-59 |
| 01:23 | NC State | David Howard's pass is intercepted by Lynn Wagner | 46-59 |
| 01:04 | UC Irvine | Neil Lacey buries a turnaround from the baseline | 48-59 |
| 00:42 | NC State | Johnny Ickes scores on a jumper from the left block on a nice dish by Ernest Wood | 48-61 |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+3) | |
| 00:38 | UC Irvine | Lynn Wagner is by himself and knocks in the 3pt attempt from the left corner on a nice dish by William Beacham | 51-61 |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (+3) | |
| 00:11 | NC State | David Howard misses badly on a shot from the left wing | 51-61 |
| 00:09 | NC State | Troy Wildenberg snags the offensive board | 51-61 |
| 00:00 | NC State | Brandon Kirkpatrick runs out the clock | 51-61 |