| Lineup | Florida State | PG - Robert Hudson (fresh) SG - Peter Pauley (fresh) SF - Adam Gurule (fresh) PF - John Dubin (fresh) C - Cory Roca (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - John Scott (fresh) SG - Larry Rushing (fresh) SF - John Purdy (fresh) PF - John Baker (fresh) C - Robert Mueller (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Florida State | Cory Roca wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Florida State | Florida State is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:40 | Florida State | The jump hook by Peter Pauley is blocked by John Baker | 0-0 |
| 19:38 | Wake Forest | Larry Rushing snags the defensive board | 0-0 |
| 19:19 | Wake Forest | John Scott hits a fadeaway from the left wing on a nice dish by Larry Rushing | 0-2 |
| 18:55 | Florida State | Peter Pauley comes up short on the jumper from the right wing | 0-2 |
| 18:53 | Florida State | Robert Hudson hits the follow up shot | 2-2 |
| 18:40 | Wake Forest | John Scott can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Cory Roca - foul #1 on Cory Roca, team foul #1 | 2-2 |
| 18:40 | Wake Forest | John Scott makes the 1st free throw | 2-3 |
| 18:40 | Wake Forest | John Scott makes the 2nd free throw | 2-4 |
| 18:15 | Florida State | Cory Roca is doubleteamed and throws a bad pass out of bounds | 2-4 |
| 17:57 | Wake Forest | Robert Mueller steps out of bounds on the baseline | 2-4 |
| Subs | Florida State | Gilbert McEvoy (SF) Adam Gurule | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 17:42 | Florida State | Robert Mueller blocks the short jumper by Peter Pauley | 2-4 |
| 17:40 | Florida State | Cory Roca tips it home | 4-4 |
| 17:21 | Wake Forest | John Purdy throws a bad pass out of bounds | 4-4 |
| Subs | Florida State | Frank Burditt (PG) Robert Hudson | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 17:05 | Florida State | Gilbert McEvoy misses short on a jumper from the right wing | 4-4 |
| 17:04 | Wake Forest | John Baker gets the rebound | 4-4 |
| 16:41 | Wake Forest | John Baker knocks in the floater from the left block on a great pass from John Scott and the foul's on John Dubin - foul #1 on John Dubin, team foul #2 | 4-6 |
| Subs | Florida State | Adam Gurule (SF) Gilbert McEvoy | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 16:41 | Wake Forest | John Baker makes the free throw | 4-7 |
| 16:27 | Florida State | John Scott takes the ball from Peter Pauley | 4-7 |
| 16:24 | Wake Forest | John Purdy is fouled in the backcourt by Peter Pauley - foul #1 on Peter Pauley, team foul #3 | 4-7 |
| 16:10 | Wake Forest | John Purdy's pass is intercepted by Peter Pauley | 4-7 |
| 16:05 | Florida State | Frank Burditt can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 4-7 |
| 16:03 | Florida State | Adam Gurule can't tip it in | 4-7 |
| 16:01 | Wake Forest | Robert Mueller snags the defensive board | 4-7 |
| Lineup | Florida State | PG - Frank Burditt (fresh) SG - Peter Pauley (fairly fresh) SF - Adam Gurule (fresh) PF - John Dubin (tiring) C - Cory Roca (tiring) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - John Scott (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Larry Rushing (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - John Purdy (fairly fresh) PF - John Baker (fairly fresh) 3 pts. C - Robert Mueller (fairly fresh) | |
| 15:55 | Wake Forest | Larry Rushing knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right corner on a great pass from John Scott | 4-10 |
| 15:42 | Florida State | John Purdy picks off the pass by Cory Roca | 4-10 |
| 15:13 | Wake Forest | Larry Rushing comes up short on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 4-10 |
| 15:11 | Wake Forest | Robert Mueller tips it in | 4-12 |
| 14:50 | Florida State | Peter Pauley can't connect on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 4-12 |
| 14:49 | Wake Forest | Larry Rushing pulls down the rebound | 4-12 |
| 14:43 | Wake Forest | Larry Rushing misses long on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 4-12 |
| 14:42 | Florida State | Adam Gurule pulls down the rebound | 4-12 |
| 14:33 | Florida State | Frank Burditt buries a 3 from the right wing on a nice dish by John Dubin | 7-12 |
| 14:31 | Wake Forest | John Scott is hacked by Peter Pauley in the backcourt - foul #2 on Peter Pauley, team foul #4 | 7-12 |
| Subs | Florida State | Robert Hudson (PG), Ronald Moser (SG), Gilbert McEvoy (SF), Edward Leiter (PF), James Cabot (C) Frank Burditt, Peter Pauley, Adam Gurule, John Dubin, Cory Roca | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Franklin Grubbs (PG), Greg Hyland (PF) John Scott, John Baker | |
| 14:16 | Wake Forest | Larry Rushing misses long on an open 3 from straight away | 7-12 |
| 14:15 | Florida State | Gilbert McEvoy pulls down the rebound | 7-12 |
| 13:54 | Florida State | Ronald Moser is fouled on the floor by Larry Rushing - foul #1 on Larry Rushing, team foul #1 | 7-12 |
| Subs | Florida State | | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Paul Dutra (SG), Edward Nicola (SF), Horacio Moran (C) Larry Rushing, John Purdy, Robert Mueller | |
| 13:32 | Florida State | Edward Leiter splits the doubleteam but misses short on a floater from the right wing but he's hacked by Horacio Moran - foul #1 on Horacio Moran, team foul #2 | 7-12 |
| 13:32 | Florida State | Edward Leiter misses the 1st free throw | 7-12 |
| 13:32 | Florida State | Edward Leiter misses the 2nd free throw | 7-12 |
| 13:32 | Wake Forest | Horacio Moran grabs the board | 7-12 |
| 13:28 | Wake Forest | Robert Hudson takes the ball from Paul Dutra in the backcourt | 7-12 |
| 13:17 | Florida State | Gilbert McEvoy buries a shot from the baseline on a great pass from Robert Hudson | 9-12 |
| 12:53 | Wake Forest | Franklin Grubbs can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right side but he's hacked by Robert Hudson - foul #1 on Robert Hudson, team foul #5 | 9-12 |
| Subs | Florida State | Stephen Baden (SF), Cory Roca (C) Gilbert McEvoy, James Cabot | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Larry Rushing (SG), John Baker (PF) Paul Dutra, Horacio Moran | |
| 12:53 | Wake Forest | Franklin Grubbs makes the 1st free throw | 9-13 |
| 12:53 | Wake Forest | Franklin Grubbs makes the 2nd free throw | 9-14 |
| 12:51 | Florida State | Robert Hudson is whistled for traveling in the backcourt | 9-14 |
| Subs | Florida State | | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | John Scott (PG) Franklin Grubbs | |
| 12:37 | Wake Forest | John Scott misses the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 9-14 |
| 12:35 | Florida State | Edward Leiter snags the defensive board | 9-14 |
| 12:31 | Florida State | Ronald Moser knocks in the 3 from the right wing on a nice dish by Robert Hudson | 12-14 |
| 12:13 | Wake Forest | Larry Rushing makes the wide open 3 from the left wing on a great pass from John Scott | 12-17 |
| 12:03 | Florida State | Ronald Moser is fouled on the floor by Larry Rushing - foul #2 on Larry Rushing, team foul #3 | 12-17 |
| Subs | Florida State | Adam Gurule (SF) Stephen Baden | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Franklin Grubbs (SG), John Purdy (SF), Robert Mueller (C) Larry Rushing, Edward Nicola, Greg Hyland | |
| 11:44 | Florida State | Robert Hudson's floater is knocked away by John Purdy | 12-17 |
| 11:43 | Wake Forest | John Purdy snags the defensive board | 12-17 |
| Lineup | Florida State | PG - Robert Hudson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Ronald Moser (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - Adam Gurule (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Edward Leiter (fairly fresh) C - Cory Roca (tiring) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - John Scott (tiring) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - Franklin Grubbs (fresh) 2 pts. SF - John Purdy (fairly fresh) PF - John Baker (fairly fresh) 3 pts. C - Robert Mueller (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:41 | Wake Forest | Robert Mueller is hacked by Ronald Moser in the backcourt - foul #1 on Ronald Moser, team foul #6 | 12-17 |
| Subs | Florida State | Frank Burditt (PG) Robert Hudson | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Paul Dutra (SG), Greg Hyland (PF) John Scott, John Baker | |
| 11:20 | Wake Forest | Paul Dutra is fouled on the floor by Adam Gurule - foul #1 on Adam Gurule, team foul #7 | 12-17 |
| Subs | Florida State | Gilbert McEvoy (SF), James Cabot (C) Edward Leiter, Cory Roca | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 11:20 | Wake Forest | Paul Dutra makes the 1st free throw | 12-18 |
| 11:20 | Wake Forest | Paul Dutra makes the 2nd free throw | 12-19 |
| 11:13 | Florida State | James Cabot splits the doubleteam but misses short on a floater near the basket | 12-19 |
| 11:12 | Wake Forest | Greg Hyland snags the defensive board | 12-19 |
| 11:10 | Wake Forest | Franklin Grubbs's pass is intercepted by Gilbert McEvoy in the backcourt | 12-19 |
| 10:53 | Florida State | Gilbert McEvoy misses long on a jumper from the free throw line | 12-19 |
| 10:52 | Wake Forest | Franklin Grubbs grabs the board | 12-19 |
| 10:29 | Wake Forest | John Purdy misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 12-19 |
| 10:28 | Florida State | James Cabot grabs the defensive rebound | 12-19 |
| 10:21 | Florida State | Robert Mueller steals the ball from Adam Gurule | 12-19 |
| 10:12 | Wake Forest | Greg Hyland comes up short on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 12-19 |
| 10:10 | Wake Forest | Robert Mueller tips it back up and in | 12-21 |
| 09:51 | Florida State | Gilbert McEvoy is hacked by John Purdy - foul #1 on John Purdy, team foul #4 | 12-21 |
| Subs | Florida State | Robert Hudson (PG), Stephen Baden (SF), Edward Leiter (PF), John Dubin (C) Frank Burditt, Gilbert McEvoy, Adam Gurule, James Cabot | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | John Scott (PG), Edward Nicola (SF), John Baker (PF) Paul Dutra, John Purdy, Robert Mueller | |
| 09:33 | Florida State | Edward Leiter misses the turnaround from the baseline but he's fouled by John Scott - foul #1 on John Scott, team foul #5 | 12-21 |
| 09:33 | Florida State | Edward Leiter misses the 1st free throw | 12-21 |
| 09:33 | Florida State | Edward Leiter misses the 2nd free throw | 12-21 |
| 09:33 | Wake Forest | Greg Hyland grabs the board | 12-21 |
| 09:30 | Wake Forest | Robert Hudson is called for the reach on Edward Nicola in the backcourt - foul #2 on Robert Hudson, team foul #8 | 12-21 |
| Subs | Florida State | Frank Burditt (PG) Robert Hudson | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Horacio Moran (SF) Franklin Grubbs | |
| 09:30 | Wake Forest | Edward Nicola makes the 1st free throw | 12-22 |
| 09:30 | Wake Forest | Edward Nicola makes the 2nd free throw | 12-23 |
| 09:13 | Florida State | Ronald Moser misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 12-23 |
| 09:11 | Wake Forest | Horacio Moran gets the rebound | 12-23 |
| 08:51 | Wake Forest | John Scott connects on the fadeaway from the baseline on a great pass from Greg Hyland and the foul's on Stephen Baden - foul #1 on Stephen Baden, team foul #9 | 12-25 |
| Subs | Florida State | Cory Roca (C) Edward Leiter | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Franklin Grubbs (SG) Greg Hyland | |
| 08:51 | Wake Forest | John Scott makes the free throw | 12-26 |
| 08:33 | Florida State | Ronald Moser misses short on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 12-26 |
| 08:31 | Florida State | Cory Roca tips it back up and in | 14-26 |
| 08:29 | Wake Forest | Franklin Grubbs is called for traveling in the backcourt | 14-26 |
| Subs | Florida State | Adam Gurule (SF) Stephen Baden | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Robert Mueller (C) Edward Nicola | |
| 08:15 | Florida State | Ronald Moser misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 14-26 |
| 08:14 | Wake Forest | Robert Mueller grabs the board | 14-26 |
| 08:02 | Wake Forest | John Baker knocks in the jumper from the free throw line | 14-28 |
| 07:38 | Florida State | Adam Gurule is denied on a layup by Robert Mueller | 14-28 |
| 07:36 | Wake Forest | The rebound goes to John Baker | 14-28 |
| Lineup | Florida State | PG - Frank Burditt (tiring) 3 pts. SG - Ronald Moser (tired) 3 pts. SF - Adam Gurule (fairly fresh) 2 reb. PF - John Dubin (tiring) C - Cory Roca (tiring) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - John Scott (tiring) 7 pts. 3 ast. SG - Franklin Grubbs (tiring) 2 pts. SF - Horacio Moran (fairly fresh) 2 reb. PF - John Baker (tiring) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Robert Mueller (tiring) 4 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 07:16 | Wake Forest | Robert Mueller clanks a jumper near the basket | 14-28 |
| 07:14 | Wake Forest | John Baker tips it home | 14-30 |
| 06:58 | Florida State | Adam Gurule misses long on a fadeaway from the right block | 14-30 |
| 06:56 | Wake Forest | Franklin Grubbs grabs the defensive rebound | 14-30 |
| 06:27 | Wake Forest | John Scott is open and buries a turnaround from the right block on a great pass from John Baker | 14-32 |
| 06:09 | Florida State | Adam Gurule connects on the runner from the right block and he's fouled by John Baker - foul #1 on John Baker, team foul #6 | 16-32 |
| Subs | Florida State | Robert Hudson (PG), Peter Pauley (SG), Edward Leiter (PF), James Cabot (C) Frank Burditt, Ronald Moser, John Dubin, Cory Roca | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Edward Nicola (SG), John Purdy (SF), Greg Hyland (PF) Franklin Grubbs, Horacio Moran, John Baker | |
| 06:09 | Florida State | Adam Gurule makes the free throw | 17-32 |
| 05:48 | Wake Forest | Robert Mueller misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the left side but the foul's on James Cabot - foul #1 on James Cabot, team foul #10 | 17-32 |
| Subs | Florida State | Gilbert McEvoy (SF) Adam Gurule | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 05:48 | Wake Forest | Robert Mueller makes the 1st free throw | 17-33 |
| 05:48 | Wake Forest | Robert Mueller makes the 2nd free throw | 17-34 |
| 05:33 | Florida State | Peter Pauley connects on the jumpshot from the right wing on a nice dish by Edward Leiter and the foul's on John Scott - foul #2 on John Scott, team foul #7 | 19-34 |
| Subs | Florida State | | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Paul Dutra (SG) John Scott | |
| 05:33 | Florida State | Peter Pauley makes the free throw | 20-34 |
| 05:10 | Wake Forest | Greg Hyland misses the lay-in | 20-34 |
| 05:09 | Florida State | James Cabot pulls down the rebound | 20-34 |
| 04:57 | Florida State | Peter Pauley connects on the fadeaway from the left wing set up by Robert Hudson | 22-34 |
| 04:38 | Wake Forest | Robert Mueller comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left side | 22-34 |
| 04:36 | Wake Forest | Greg Hyland pulls down the offensive rebound | 22-34 |
| 04:24 | Wake Forest | Robert Mueller is hacked by James Cabot - foul #2 on James Cabot, team foul #11 | 22-34 |
| Subs | Florida State | Stephen Baden (SF), John Dubin (PF), Cory Roca (C) Gilbert McEvoy, Edward Leiter, James Cabot | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Franklin Grubbs (PG) Edward Nicola | |
| 04:24 | Wake Forest | Robert Mueller misses the 1st free throw | 22-34 |
| 04:24 | Wake Forest | Robert Mueller misses the 2nd free throw | 22-34 |
| 04:24 | Florida State | Cory Roca snags the defensive board | 22-34 |
| 04:06 | Florida State | John Dubin clanks a shot from the left wing but he's fouled by Franklin Grubbs - foul #1 on Franklin Grubbs, team foul #8 | 22-34 |
| Subs | Florida State | | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Edward Nicola (SG), John Baker (PF) Paul Dutra, Robert Mueller | |
| 04:06 | Florida State | John Dubin makes the 1st free throw | 23-34 |
| 04:06 | Florida State | John Dubin makes the 2nd free throw | 24-34 |
| 03:49 | Wake Forest | Franklin Grubbs scores on a turnaround near the basket on a great pass from Greg Hyland | 24-36 |
| 03:34 | Florida State | John Baker is called for the reach on Robert Hudson - foul #2 on John Baker, team foul #9 | 24-36 |
| Subs | Florida State | James Cabot (C) Cory Roca | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | John Scott (PG), Larry Rushing (SG) Franklin Grubbs, Edward Nicola | |
| 03:34 | Florida State | Robert Hudson misses the 1st free throw | 24-36 |
| 03:34 | Wake Forest | Greg Hyland pulls down the rebound | 24-36 |
| Lineup | Florida State | PG - Robert Hudson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Peter Pauley (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - Stephen Baden (fresh) PF - John Dubin (tiring) 2 pts. C - James Cabot (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - John Scott (tiring) 9 pts. 3 ast. SG - Larry Rushing (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Purdy (tiring) PF - John Baker (tiring) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Greg Hyland (fairly fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 03:22 | Wake Forest | John Baker is open and lays it up and in on a nice dish by Greg Hyland | 24-38 |
| 03:02 | Florida State | Robert Hudson makes the fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Peter Pauley | 26-38 |
| 02:54 | Wake Forest | John Baker is fouled on the floor by John Dubin - foul #2 on John Dubin, team foul #12 | 26-38 |
| Subs | Florida State | Gilbert McEvoy (SF), Edward Leiter (PF) Stephen Baden, John Dubin | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Paul Dutra (SF) John Purdy | |
| 02:54 | Wake Forest | John Baker makes the 1st free throw | 26-39 |
| 02:54 | Wake Forest | John Baker makes the 2nd free throw | 26-40 |
| 02:34 | Florida State | Peter Pauley is called for 3 seconds in the lane | 26-40 |
| Subs | Florida State | Cory Roca (C) James Cabot | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 02:14 | Wake Forest | Robert Hudson steals the ball from John Baker | 26-40 |
| 02:09 | Florida State | Robert Hudson lays it in | 28-40 |
| 02:04 | Wake Forest | John Scott misses short on a jumper in the lane | 28-40 |
| 02:03 | Wake Forest | John Scott pulls down the offensive rebound | 28-40 |
| 01:52 | Wake Forest | John Baker misses the easy layup | 28-40 |
| 01:50 | Wake Forest | Greg Hyland pulls down the offensive rebound | 28-40 |
| 01:36 | Wake Forest | John Baker drills a turnaround near the basket on a great pass from Larry Rushing | 28-42 |
| 01:14 | Florida State | Greg Hyland picks off the pass by Cory Roca | 28-42 |
| 00:57 | Wake Forest | Larry Rushing buries a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 28-45 |
| 00:40 | Florida State | Edward Leiter misses long on a shot from the left side but the foul's on John Baker - foul #3 on John Baker, team foul #10 | 28-45 |
| Subs | Florida State | Frank Burditt (PG), Adam Gurule (SF), James Cabot (C) Robert Hudson, Gilbert McEvoy, Cory Roca | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Franklin Grubbs (PG), John Purdy (SF), Edward Nicola (PF), Horacio Moran (C) John Scott, Paul Dutra, John Baker, Greg Hyland | |
| 00:40 | Florida State | Edward Leiter makes the 1st free throw | 29-45 |
| 00:40 | Florida State | Edward Leiter makes the 2nd free throw | 30-45 |
| 00:38 | Wake Forest | Adam Gurule is called for the reach on John Purdy in the backcourt - foul #2 on Adam Gurule, team foul #13 | 30-45 |
| Subs | Florida State | John Dubin (PF) Edward Leiter | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 00:38 | Wake Forest | John Purdy misses the 1st free throw | 30-45 |
| 00:38 | Wake Forest | John Purdy makes the 2nd free throw | 30-46 |
| 00:34 | Florida State | Frank Burditt's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 30-46 |
| 00:19 | Wake Forest | Edward Nicola misses long on a fadeaway from the right side | 30-46 |
| 00:17 | Florida State | Frank Burditt grabs the defensive rebound | 30-46 |
| 00:13 | Florida State | Franklin Grubbs steps in front of the Frank Burditt pass in the backcourt | 30-46 |
| 00:00 | Wake Forest | Larry Rushing can't connect on an uncontested 3pt shot from the right corner | 30-46 |