| Lineup | NC State | PG - Bruno Francis (fresh) 7 pts. SG - Richard Gault (fresh) 1 pts. SF - Thomas Freeman (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Robert Fuston (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Richard Shelton (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Boston College | PG - John Grams (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Kenneth Lunn (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Joe Pensky (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Joseph Loveless (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Dustin Kizewski (fresh) 7 pts. 2 stl. | |
| 20:00 | NC State | Thomas Freeman inbounds the ball | 23-20 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Boston College | Boston College is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| 19:43 | NC State | Joseph Loveless swats the short shot by Richard Gault | 23-20 |
| 19:41 | NC State | The offensive rebound goes to Richard Shelton | 23-20 |
| 19:23 | NC State | Bruno Francis can't connect on a 3 from straight away | 23-20 |
| 19:21 | NC State | Richard Shelton misses the tip | 23-20 |
| 19:19 | Boston College | Joseph Loveless snags the defensive board | 23-20 |
| 19:01 | Boston College | Dustin Kizewski comes up short on the jumper from the left side | 23-20 |
| 19:00 | Boston College | Dustin Kizewski pulls down the offensive rebound | 23-20 |
| 18:55 | Boston College | Joseph Loveless buries a fadeaway from the left wing | 23-22 |
| 18:34 | NC State | Richard Shelton hits the front of the rim on the jump hook near the basket | 23-22 |
| 18:33 | Boston College | The rebound goes to Dustin Kizewski | 23-22 |
| 18:06 | Boston College | Joseph Loveless's pass is intercepted by Bruno Francis | 23-22 |
| 18:03 | NC State | Richard Gault lays it up and in on a great pass from Bruno Francis | 25-22 |
| 17:39 | Boston College | Kenneth Lunn knocks in the pull-up jumper from the right side set up by John Grams | 25-24 |
| 17:19 | NC State | Richard Shelton scores on a shot in the paint on a nice dish by Thomas Freeman | 27-24 |
| 17:00 | Boston College | Kenneth Lunn can't connect on a fadeaway from the right wing | 27-24 |
| 16:59 | NC State | Richard Shelton grabs the board | 27-24 |
| 16:36 | NC State | Robert Fuston drills a fadeaway in the lane on a nice dish by Thomas Freeman | 29-24 |
| 16:21 | Boston College | Thomas Freeman is called for the reach on Joe Pensky - foul #3 on Thomas Freeman, team foul #1 | 29-24 |
| Subs | NC State | Gregory Atlas (SG), Philip Siems (SF), Eric Haefner (PF) Richard Gault, Thomas Freeman, Robert Fuston | |
| Subs | Boston College | Donald Swoope (SG), Larry Thorn (SF), James Abbott (PF), Ken Thornhill (C) Kenneth Lunn, Joe Pensky, Joseph Loveless, Dustin Kizewski | |
| 16:09 | Boston College | James Abbott makes the turnaround in the paint set up by John Grams | 29-26 |
| 15:45 | NC State | Eric Haefner throws a bad pass out of bounds | 29-26 |
| Subs | NC State | Thomas Dixon (PG), Thomas Freeman (SF) Bruno Francis, Eric Haefner | |
| Subs | Boston College | | |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Thomas Dixon (fresh) SG - Gregory Atlas (fresh) SF - Thomas Freeman (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. PF - Philip Siems (fresh) C - Richard Shelton (fresh) 10 pts. 8 reb. | |
| Lineup | Boston College | PG - John Grams (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Donald Swoope (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Larry Thorn (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - James Abbott (fresh) 4 pts. C - Ken Thornhill (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 15:20 | Boston College | Ken Thornhill misses the jumpshot from the right side | 29-26 |
| 15:19 | Boston College | Donald Swoope hits the follow up shot | 29-28 |
| 15:00 | NC State | Thomas Dixon knocks in the jumpshot from the left wing on a great pass from Gregory Atlas | 31-28 |
| 14:41 | Boston College | Donald Swoope comes up short on the jump hook from the right block but the foul's on Thomas Dixon - foul #1 on Thomas Dixon, team foul #2 | 31-28 |
| Subs | NC State | Bruno Francis (PG), Richard Gault (SG), Robert Fuston (PF) Thomas Dixon, Gregory Atlas, Philip Siems | |
| Subs | Boston College | Kenneth Lunn (PG), Joe Pensky (SF), Joseph Loveless (PF), Dustin Kizewski (C) John Grams, Larry Thorn, James Abbott, Ken Thornhill | |
| 14:41 | Boston College | Donald Swoope misses the 1st free throw | 31-28 |
| 14:41 | Boston College | Donald Swoope misses the 2nd free throw | 31-28 |
| 14:41 | NC State | Richard Shelton pulls down the rebound | 31-28 |
| 14:12 | NC State | Joe Pensky picks off the pass by Richard Gault | 31-28 |
| 14:09 | Boston College | Donald Swoope lays it up and in on a nice dish by Joe Pensky | 31-30 |
| 13:44 | NC State | Joseph Loveless is called for the reach on Robert Fuston - foul #2 on Joseph Loveless, team foul #1 | 31-30 |
| 13:30 | NC State | Joseph Loveless blocks the short jumper by Robert Fuston | 31-30 |
| 13:29 | Boston College | Kenneth Lunn snags the defensive board | 31-30 |
| 13:13 | Boston College | Dustin Kizewski scores on a jumper from the left block on a nice dish by Donald Swoope | 31-32 |
| 12:51 | NC State | Bruno Francis comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 31-32 |
| 12:49 | NC State | Robert Fuston tips it back up and in | 33-32 |
| 12:26 | Boston College | Bruno Francis is called for the reach on Dustin Kizewski - foul #1 on Bruno Francis, team foul #3 | 33-32 |
| Subs | NC State | | |
| Subs | Boston College | John Grams (PG) Donald Swoope | |
| 12:06 | Boston College | John Grams buries a pull-up jumper from the right side on a great pass from Kenneth Lunn and the foul's on Thomas Freeman - foul #4 on Thomas Freeman, team foul #4 | 33-34 |
| Subs | NC State | Philip Siems (SF) Thomas Freeman | |
| Subs | Boston College | James Abbott (PF) Joseph Loveless | |
| 12:06 | Boston College | John Grams makes the free throw | 33-35 |
| 11:44 | NC State | Richard Gault throws a bad pass out of bounds | 33-35 |
| Subs | NC State | Thomas Dixon (PG), Eric Haefner (PF) Bruno Francis, Robert Fuston | |
| Subs | Boston College | | |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Thomas Dixon (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Richard Gault (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Philip Siems (fresh) PF - Eric Haefner (fresh) 1 pts. C - Richard Shelton (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 9 reb. | |
| Lineup | Boston College | PG - John Grams (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SG - Kenneth Lunn (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Joe Pensky (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - James Abbott (fresh) 4 pts. C - Dustin Kizewski (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 11:25 | Boston College | Dustin Kizewski misses the easy layup | 33-35 |
| 11:23 | Boston College | Dustin Kizewski tips it home | 33-37 |
| 11:04 | NC State | Philip Siems blows the layup | 33-37 |
| 11:02 | Boston College | Joe Pensky grabs the board | 33-37 |
| 10:35 | Boston College | Joe Pensky buries a jump hook from the right block | 33-39 |
| 10:07 | NC State | Richard Shelton scores on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 35-39 |
| 10:02 | Boston College | Kenneth Lunn hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 35-39 |
| 10:01 | NC State | Richard Shelton grabs the board | 35-39 |
| 09:43 | NC State | Thomas Dixon scores on a jumper from the baseline on a nice dish by Philip Siems | 37-39 |
| 09:15 | Boston College | Dustin Kizewski blows the layup | 37-39 |
| 09:14 | NC State | Eric Haefner snags the defensive board | 37-39 |
| 08:53 | NC State | Thomas Dixon hits a wide open floater near the basket | 39-39 |
| 08:44 | Boston College | Joe Pensky buries a 3pt attempt from the right wing on a nice dish by John Grams | 39-42 |
| 08:26 | NC State | Eric Haefner lays it in uncontested on a great pass from Richard Shelton out of a doubleteam | 41-42 |
| 08:01 | Boston College | Thomas Dixon takes the ball from Kenneth Lunn | 41-42 |
| 07:58 | NC State | Richard Gault hits the finger roll on a great pass from Thomas Dixon | 43-42 |
| 07:36 | Boston College | John Grams makes the contested 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from Kenneth Lunn | 43-45 |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Thomas Dixon (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Richard Gault (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - Philip Siems (fairly fresh) PF - Eric Haefner (fairly fresh) 3 pts. C - Richard Shelton (tiring) 12 pts. 10 reb. | |
| Lineup | Boston College | PG - John Grams (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. SG - Kenneth Lunn (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Joe Pensky (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - James Abbott (fairly fresh) 4 pts. C - Dustin Kizewski (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 07:15 | NC State | Thomas Dixon loses the dribble to Joe Pensky | 43-45 |
| 06:50 | Boston College | Joe Pensky is hacked by Richard Shelton - foul #1 on Richard Shelton, team foul #5 | 43-45 |
| Subs | NC State | Bruno Francis (PG), Gregory Atlas (SG), Thomas Freeman (SF), Robert Fuston (PF), Kenneth Walker (C) Thomas Dixon, Richard Gault, Philip Siems, Eric Haefner, Richard Shelton | |
| Subs | Boston College | Donald Swoope (SG), Larry Thorn (SF), Joseph Loveless (PF), Ken Thornhill (C) Kenneth Lunn, Joe Pensky, James Abbott, Dustin Kizewski | |
| 06:29 | Boston College | Donald Swoope connects on the 3 from the left corner on a great pass from John Grams | 43-48 |
| 06:04 | NC State | Bruno Francis loses the ball out of bounds | 43-48 |
| 05:41 | Boston College | Donald Swoope buries a 3pt shot from the right wing on a great pass from Joseph Loveless | 43-51 |
| 05:38 | NC State | Bruno Francis is whistled for a carry in the backcourt | 43-51 |
| 05:20 | Boston College | John Grams connects on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Joseph Loveless | 43-53 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Boston College | Boston College is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| 05:00 | NC State | Robert Fuston can't connect on a fadeaway from the right wing but he's fouled by Larry Thorn - foul #2 on Larry Thorn, team foul #2 | 43-53 |
| Subs | NC State | Richard Shelton (C) Kenneth Walker | |
| Subs | Boston College | | |
| 05:00 | NC State | Robert Fuston makes the 1st free throw | 44-53 |
| 05:00 | NC State | Robert Fuston makes the 2nd free throw | 45-53 |
| 04:35 | Boston College | John Grams evades the doubleteam and hits a 3pt attempt from the right wing set up by Donald Swoope | 45-56 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Boston College | Boston College is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| 04:19 | NC State | Robert Fuston clanks a jump hook from the right block | 45-56 |
| 04:17 | Boston College | Donald Swoope grabs the board | 45-56 |
| 03:48 | Boston College | John Grams is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 45-56 |
| 03:46 | NC State | The rebound goes to Robert Fuston | 45-56 |
| 03:29 | NC State | Bruno Francis comes up short on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 45-56 |
| 03:28 | NC State | Robert Fuston hits the follow up shot | 47-56 |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Bruno Francis (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Gregory Atlas (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Thomas Freeman (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 4 pf. PF - Robert Fuston (fresh) 12 pts. 8 reb. C - Richard Shelton (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 10 reb. | |
| Lineup | Boston College | PG - John Grams (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 5 ast. SG - Donald Swoope (fresh) 12 pts. 3 ast. SF - Larry Thorn (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Joseph Loveless (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Ken Thornhill (fairly fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 03:07 | Boston College | Joseph Loveless loses the ball out of bounds | 47-56 |
| Subs | NC State | Richard Gault (SG), Philip Siems (PF) Gregory Atlas, Robert Fuston | |
| Subs | Boston College | Kenneth Lunn (PG), Joe Pensky (SF), James Abbott (PF), Dustin Kizewski (C) John Grams, Larry Thorn, Joseph Loveless, Ken Thornhill | |
| 02:52 | NC State | Thomas Freeman drills a 3 pointer from the left corner on a great pass from Richard Gault | 50-56 |
| 02:32 | Boston College | Joe Pensky throws a bad pass out of bounds | 50-56 |
| Subs | NC State | Thomas Dixon (PG) Bruno Francis | |
| Subs | Boston College | John Grams (PG) Donald Swoope | |
| 02:30 | NC State | NC State calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 50-56 |
| Subs | NC State | Bruno Francis (PG), Robert Fuston (PF) Thomas Dixon, Philip Siems | |
| Subs | Boston College | Joseph Loveless (PF) James Abbott | |
| 02:20 | NC State | Thomas Freeman connects on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 53-56 |
| 01:56 | Boston College | Joseph Loveless can't connect on a jumper in the paint | 53-56 |
| 01:54 | NC State | Robert Fuston grabs the defensive rebound | 53-56 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Boston College | Boston College is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| 01:32 | NC State | Thomas Freeman blows the layup | 53-56 |
| 01:30 | Boston College | Dustin Kizewski grabs the defensive rebound | 53-56 |
| 01:14 | Boston College | Joe Pensky misses the lay-in but the foul's on Thomas Freeman - foul #5 on Thomas Freeman, team foul #6 | 53-56 |
| Subs | NC State | Philip Siems (SF) Thomas Freeman | |
| Subs | Boston College | | |
| 01:14 | Boston College | Joe Pensky makes the 1st free throw | 53-57 |
| 01:14 | Boston College | Joe Pensky misses the 2nd free throw | 53-57 |
| 01:14 | Boston College | Joseph Loveless pulls down the offensive rebound | 53-57 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and intentionally fouling (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Boston College | Boston College is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| 01:11 | Boston College | Joseph Loveless is hacked by Robert Fuston - foul #2 on Robert Fuston, team foul #7 | 53-57 |
| 01:11 | Boston College | Joseph Loveless makes the 1st free throw | 53-58 |
| 01:11 | Boston College | Joseph Loveless misses the 2nd free throw | 53-58 |
| 01:11 | NC State | Robert Fuston grabs the board | 53-58 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and intentionally fouling (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Boston College | Boston College is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| 00:50 | NC State | Richard Gault can't connect on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 53-58 |
| 00:49 | Boston College | Dustin Kizewski pulls down the rebound | 53-58 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and intentionally fouling (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Boston College | Boston College is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| 00:48 | Boston College | Dustin Kizewski is fouled in the backcourt by Bruno Francis - foul #2 on Bruno Francis, team foul #8 | 53-58 |
| Subs | NC State | | |
| Subs | Boston College | Donald Swoope (SG), Ken Thornhill (PF) Kenneth Lunn, Joseph Loveless | |
| 00:48 | Boston College | Dustin Kizewski makes the 1st free throw | 53-59 |
| 00:48 | Boston College | Dustin Kizewski makes the 2nd free throw | 53-60 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Boston College | Boston College is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| 00:42 | NC State | Dustin Kizewski swats the short shot by Bruno Francis | 53-60 |
| 00:40 | Boston College | Dustin Kizewski gets the rebound | 53-60 |
| 00:40 | Boston College | Boston College calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 53-60 |
| 00:37 | Boston College | John Grams is hacked by Bruno Francis in the backcourt - foul #3 on Bruno Francis, team foul #9 | 53-60 |
| 00:37 | Boston College | John Grams makes the 1st free throw | 53-61 |
| 00:37 | Boston College | John Grams makes the 2nd free throw | 53-62 |
| 00:32 | NC State | Richard Gault makes the wide open 3 from straight away | 56-62 |
| 00:30 | Boston College | Ken Thornhill is fouled in the backcourt by Bruno Francis - foul #4 on Bruno Francis, team foul #10 | 56-62 |
| 00:30 | Boston College | Ken Thornhill misses the 1st free throw | 56-62 |
| 00:30 | Boston College | Ken Thornhill makes the 2nd free throw | 56-63 |
| 00:25 | NC State | Bruno Francis misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 56-63 |
| 00:23 | Boston College | Ken Thornhill gets the rebound | 56-63 |
| 00:23 | Boston College | Boston College calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 56-63 |
| 00:21 | Boston College | Joe Pensky is fouled in the backcourt by Bruno Francis - foul #5 on Bruno Francis, team foul #11 | 56-63 |
| Subs | NC State | Thomas Dixon (PG) Bruno Francis | |
| Subs | Boston College | | |
| 00:21 | Boston College | Joe Pensky makes the 1st free throw | 56-64 |
| 00:21 | Boston College | Joe Pensky misses the 2nd free throw | 56-64 |
| 00:21 | Boston College | The offensive rebound goes to Dustin Kizewski | 56-64 |
| 00:20 | Boston College | Richard Shelton is called for the reach on Dustin Kizewski - foul #2 on Richard Shelton, team foul #12 | 56-64 |
| 00:20 | Boston College | Dustin Kizewski makes the 1st free throw | 56-65 |
| 00:20 | Boston College | Dustin Kizewski makes the 2nd free throw | 56-66 |
| 00:13 | NC State | Richard Gault comes up short on the 3 from the right corner | 56-66 |
| 00:11 | NC State | Richard Shelton tips it home | 58-66 |
| 00:11 | Boston College | Boston College calls a full timeout (2 :30 1 full remaining) | 58-66 |
| 00:08 | Boston College | Richard Gault is called for the reach on Donald Swoope in the backcourt - foul #2 on Richard Gault, team foul #13 | 58-66 |
| 00:08 | Boston College | Donald Swoope makes the 1st free throw | 58-67 |
| 00:08 | Boston College | Donald Swoope makes the 2nd free throw | 58-68 |
| 00:04 | NC State | Joe Pensky knocks away the 3 by Richard Gault | 58-68 |
| 00:03 | Boston College | John Grams gets the rebound | 58-68 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Boston College | Boston College is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| 00:00 | Boston College | John Grams runs out the clock | 58-68 |