| Lineup | Cal | PG - Claude Walker (fresh) 15 pts. 1 ast. SG - James Scott (fresh) 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Gary Hulsey (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Michael Jefferson (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Mladen Zuck (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Elias Dibenedetto (fresh) 7 pts. SG - Robert Butler (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SF - Robert Bernard (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Valeri Zinzow (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Thomas Burkholder (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Cal | Gary Hulsey inbounds the ball | 34-29 |
| Game Plan | Cal | Cal is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-4) | |
| 19:37 | Cal | Michael Jefferson blows the layup | 34-29 |
| 19:35 | Cal | Mladen Zuck hits the follow up shot | 36-29 |
| 19:17 | Wake Forest | Elias Dibenedetto hits a jumpshot from the right wing on a nice dish by Robert Butler and the foul's on Gary Hulsey - foul #1 on Gary Hulsey, team foul #1 | 36-31 |
| Subs | Cal | | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Paul Barnes (SG), Michael Dufresne (SF), Zachary Cotta (PF), Zachary Wurst (C) Robert Butler, Robert Bernard, Valeri Zinzow, Thomas Burkholder | |
| 19:17 | Wake Forest | Elias Dibenedetto makes the free throw | 36-32 |
| 18:59 | Cal | Claude Walker connects on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 38-32 |
| 18:49 | Wake Forest | Mladen Zuck is called for the reach on Elias Dibenedetto - foul #2 on Mladen Zuck, team foul #2 | 38-32 |
| Subs | Cal | | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Robert Butler (SG), Valeri Zinzow (PF) Paul Barnes, Zachary Cotta | |
| 18:31 | Wake Forest | Zachary Wurst is called for a moving pick - foul #2 on Zachary Wurst, team foul #1 | 38-32 |
| Subs | Cal | | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Paul Barnes (SG), Thomas Burkholder (C) Robert Butler, Valeri Zinzow | |
| 18:09 | Cal | Gary Hulsey hits the front of the rim on the 3 from straight away | 38-32 |
| 18:07 | Wake Forest | Zachary Wurst pulls down the rebound | 38-32 |
| 17:46 | Wake Forest | Paul Barnes can't connect on a shot from the right wing but he's hacked by Mladen Zuck - foul #3 on Mladen Zuck, team foul #3 | 38-32 |
| Subs | Cal | Billy Stern (C) Mladen Zuck | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Robert Butler (SG), Robert Bernard (SF), Valeri Zinzow (PF) Elias Dibenedetto, Michael Dufresne, Thomas Burkholder | |
| 17:46 | Wake Forest | Paul Barnes misses the 1st free throw | 38-32 |
| 17:46 | Wake Forest | Paul Barnes makes the 2nd free throw | 38-33 |
| 17:20 | Cal | James Scott misses short on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 38-33 |
| 17:18 | Wake Forest | Valeri Zinzow pulls down the rebound | 38-33 |
| 17:10 | Wake Forest | Robert Butler drills a 3 pointer from straight away | 38-36 |
| 16:41 | Cal | Billy Stern is whistled for a carry | 38-36 |
| Subs | Cal | Mladen Smitreski (SG), John Saine (SF) James Scott, Gary Hulsey | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Elias Dibenedetto (PG), Michael Dufresne (SF), Thomas Burkholder (C) Paul Barnes, Robert Bernard, Valeri Zinzow | |
| 16:30 | Wake Forest | Elias Dibenedetto clanks a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 38-36 |
| 16:29 | Wake Forest | Thomas Burkholder snags the offensive board | 38-36 |
| 16:12 | Wake Forest | Elias Dibenedetto's floater is knocked away by Michael Jefferson | 38-36 |
| 16:10 | Cal | Michael Jefferson grabs the defensive rebound | 38-36 |
| 16:03 | Cal | Thomas Burkholder denies the turnaround by Claude Walker | 38-36 |
| 16:02 | Cal | John Saine grabs the offensive rebound | 38-36 |
| 15:42 | Cal | Claude Walker can't finish the layup | 38-36 |
| 15:41 | Wake Forest | Robert Butler gets the rebound | 38-36 |
| Lineup | Cal | PG - Claude Walker (fairly fresh) 17 pts. 1 ast. SG - Mladen Smitreski (fresh) SF - John Saine (fresh) PF - Michael Jefferson (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Billy Stern (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Elias Dibenedetto (fresh) 10 pts. SG - Robert Butler (fresh) 9 pts. 4 ast. SF - Michael Dufresne (fresh) 3 ast. PF - Zachary Wurst (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Thomas Burkholder (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 15:32 | Wake Forest | Billy Stern is called for the reach on Michael Dufresne - foul #1 on Billy Stern, team foul #4 | 38-36 |
| Subs | Cal | William Scott (SF), Mladen Zuck (C) John Saine, Billy Stern | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Valeri Zinzow (PF) Zachary Wurst | |
| 15:16 | Wake Forest | Thomas Burkholder misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 38-36 |
| 15:14 | Wake Forest | Michael Dufresne tips it back up and in | 38-38 |
| 14:51 | Cal | Claude Walker misses the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 38-38 |
| 14:50 | Wake Forest | The rebound goes to Valeri Zinzow | 38-38 |
| 14:42 | Wake Forest | Thomas Burkholder knocks in the runner in the paint set up by Robert Butler | 38-40 |
| 14:23 | Cal | Claude Walker misses long on a jumper from the left side | 38-40 |
| 14:21 | Wake Forest | The rebound goes to Valeri Zinzow | 38-40 |
| 14:07 | Wake Forest | Elias Dibenedetto hits the front of the rim on the wide open floater from the right side | 38-40 |
| 14:05 | Wake Forest | Robert Butler gets the offensive rebound | 38-40 |
| 13:56 | Wake Forest | William Scott steps in front of the Robert Butler pass | 38-40 |
| 13:52 | Cal | Mladen Smitreski banks in the layup on a nice dish by William Scott | 40-40 |
| 13:34 | Wake Forest | Elias Dibenedetto misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 40-40 |
| 13:32 | Wake Forest | Elias Dibenedetto gets the offensive rebound | 40-40 |
| 13:21 | Wake Forest | Robert Butler hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 40-40 |
| 13:20 | Wake Forest | Elias Dibenedetto gets the offensive rebound | 40-40 |
| 13:13 | Wake Forest | Robert Butler is fouled on the floor by Mladen Smitreski - foul #1 on Mladen Smitreski, team foul #5 | 40-40 |
| Subs | Cal | James Scott (SG), Gary Hulsey (SF), Billy Stern (PF) Claude Walker, Mladen Smitreski, Michael Jefferson | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Paul Barnes (SG), Robert Bernard (SF), Zachary Cotta (PF), Zachary Wurst (C) Robert Butler, Michael Dufresne, Valeri Zinzow, Thomas Burkholder | |
| 13:08 | Wake Forest | Zachary Cotta buries a floater near the basket on a great pass from Paul Barnes and he's fouled by William Scott - foul #4 on William Scott, team foul #6 | 40-42 |
| Subs | Cal | Claude Walker (PG) William Scott | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 13:08 | Wake Forest | Zachary Cotta makes the free throw | 40-43 |
| 12:45 | Cal | Claude Walker hits a shot from the right block | 42-43 |
| 12:27 | Wake Forest | Zachary Cotta scores on a turnaround from the baseline | 42-45 |
| 12:00 | Cal | Mladen Zuck hits a fadeaway from the left wing on a nice dish by Gary Hulsey | 44-45 |
| 11:54 | Wake Forest | Zachary Cotta misses short on a shot from the right block | 44-45 |
| 11:52 | Cal | Gary Hulsey grabs the board | 44-45 |
| 11:31 | Cal | Mladen Zuck hits the front of the rim on the shot in the lane | 44-45 |
| 11:30 | Cal | The offensive rebound goes to Mladen Zuck | 44-45 |
| Lineup | Cal | PG - Claude Walker (tiring) 19 pts. 1 ast. SG - James Scott (fresh) 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Gary Hulsey (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Billy Stern (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Mladen Zuck (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Elias Dibenedetto (fairly fresh) 10 pts. SG - Paul Barnes (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Robert Bernard (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Zachary Cotta (fresh) 5 pts. C - Zachary Wurst (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:10 | Cal | Mladen Zuck hits a fadeaway from the left block | 46-45 |
| 10:56 | Wake Forest | Elias Dibenedetto's fadeaway is rejected by Billy Stern | 46-45 |
| 10:54 | Wake Forest | Zachary Cotta grabs the offensive board | 46-45 |
| 10:39 | Wake Forest | Claude Walker steals it from Paul Barnes | 46-45 |
| 10:35 | Cal | Claude Walker banks in the layup | 48-45 |
| 10:19 | Wake Forest | Robert Bernard comes up short on the fadeaway in the paint | 48-45 |
| 10:17 | Cal | Mladen Zuck grabs the board | 48-45 |
| 09:56 | Cal | Claude Walker misses the driving attempt from the right block | 48-45 |
| 09:54 | Wake Forest | Robert Bernard pulls down the rebound | 48-45 |
| 09:36 | Wake Forest | Zachary Wurst buries a runner in the lane | 48-47 |
| 09:19 | Cal | Mladen Zuck makes the driving attempt in the lane | 50-47 |
| 09:01 | Wake Forest | Mladen Zuck swats the short shot by Zachary Wurst | 50-47 |
| 08:59 | Wake Forest | Robert Bernard misses the tip | 50-47 |
| 08:57 | Cal | Billy Stern pulls down the rebound | 50-47 |
| 08:34 | Cal | Gary Hulsey comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 50-47 |
| 08:33 | Wake Forest | Elias Dibenedetto gets the rebound | 50-47 |
| 08:25 | Wake Forest | Paul Barnes can't connect on a jumper from the right side | 50-47 |
| 08:23 | Cal | Mladen Zuck pulls down the rebound | 50-47 |
| 08:05 | Cal | Mladen Zuck hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the left wing | 50-47 |
| 08:03 | Wake Forest | The rebound goes to Zachary Cotta | 50-47 |
| 07:59 | Wake Forest | Elias Dibenedetto knocks in the 3 pointer from straight away | 50-50 |
| 07:34 | Cal | Claude Walker's pass is intercepted by Zachary Cotta | 50-50 |
| Lineup | Cal | PG - Claude Walker (tired) 21 pts. 1 ast. SG - James Scott (fairly fresh) 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Gary Hulsey (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Billy Stern (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Mladen Zuck (tiring) 14 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Elias Dibenedetto (tiring) 13 pts. SG - Paul Barnes (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Robert Bernard (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Zachary Cotta (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Zachary Wurst (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:18 | Wake Forest | Robert Bernard hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 50-50 |
| 07:17 | Cal | Billy Stern snags the defensive board | 50-50 |
| 06:55 | Cal | Gary Hulsey buries a 3pt jumper from the left corner on a great pass from Claude Walker | 53-50 |
| 06:42 | Wake Forest | Zachary Wurst misses the floater from the right side | 53-50 |
| 06:41 | Wake Forest | Zachary Cotta snags the offensive board | 53-50 |
| 06:24 | Wake Forest | Mladen Zuck is called for the reach on Zachary Wurst - foul #4 on Mladen Zuck, team foul #7 | 53-50 |
| Subs | Cal | William Scott (PG), Mladen Smitreski (SG), John Saine (SF), Michael Jefferson (PF), John Matsumura (C) Claude Walker, James Scott, Gary Hulsey, Billy Stern, Mladen Zuck | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Robert Butler (SG), Michael Dufresne (SF), Thomas Burkholder (C) Paul Barnes, Robert Bernard, Zachary Cotta | |
| 06:24 | Wake Forest | Zachary Wurst makes the 1st free throw | 53-51 |
| 06:24 | Wake Forest | Zachary Wurst makes the 2nd free throw | 53-52 |
| 06:06 | Cal | William Scott works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 53-52 |
| 06:04 | Wake Forest | Robert Butler pulls down the rebound | 53-52 |
| 05:58 | Wake Forest | Thomas Burkholder travels with the ball | 53-52 |
| Subs | Cal | | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Valeri Zinzow (PF) Zachary Wurst | |
| 05:32 | Cal | John Matsumura's floater is knocked away by Valeri Zinzow | 53-52 |
| 05:31 | Wake Forest | Michael Dufresne pulls down the rebound | 53-52 |
| 05:27 | Wake Forest | Michael Dufresne makes the 3 from straight away set up by Elias Dibenedetto | 53-55 |
| 04:58 | Cal | John Saine is called for 3 seconds in the lane | 53-55 |
| Subs | Cal | | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Paul Barnes (PG) Elias Dibenedetto | |
| 04:38 | Wake Forest | Paul Barnes misses short on an open jump hook from the baseline | 53-55 |
| 04:36 | Cal | John Matsumura snags the defensive board | 53-55 |
| 04:14 | Cal | William Scott hits a 3pt shot from the left corner on a great pass from John Matsumura | 56-55 |
| 03:57 | Wake Forest | Thomas Burkholder clanks a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by John Matsumura - foul #1 on John Matsumura, team foul #8 | 56-55 |
| Subs | Cal | Claude Walker (PG), Mladen Zuck (C) John Saine, John Matsumura | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Elias Dibenedetto (PG) Paul Barnes | |
| 03:57 | Wake Forest | Thomas Burkholder makes the 1st free throw | 56-56 |
| 03:57 | Wake Forest | Thomas Burkholder makes the 2nd free throw | 56-57 |
| 03:29 | Cal | Mladen Zuck clanks a jumper from the left wing | 56-57 |
| 03:27 | Wake Forest | The rebound goes to Robert Butler | 56-57 |
| Lineup | Cal | PG - Claude Walker (tiring) 21 pts. 2 ast. SG - Mladen Smitreski (fresh) 2 pts. SF - William Scott (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. 4 pf. PF - Michael Jefferson (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Mladen Zuck (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Elias Dibenedetto (tiring) 13 pts. 1 ast. SG - Robert Butler (fresh) 9 pts. 5 ast. SF - Michael Dufresne (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. PF - Valeri Zinzow (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. C - Thomas Burkholder (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 03:14 | Wake Forest | Thomas Burkholder can't finish the layup but the foul's on Mladen Zuck - foul #5 on Mladen Zuck, team foul #9 | 56-57 |
| Subs | Cal | James Scott (SG), Billy Stern (C) Mladen Smitreski, Mladen Zuck | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 03:14 | Wake Forest | Thomas Burkholder makes the 1st free throw | 56-58 |
| 03:14 | Wake Forest | Thomas Burkholder misses the 2nd free throw | 56-58 |
| 03:14 | Cal | Billy Stern grabs the board | 56-58 |
| 02:50 | Cal | Billy Stern's pass is intercepted by Michael Dufresne | 56-58 |
| 02:47 | Wake Forest | Michael Dufresne misses the easy layup | 56-58 |
| 02:46 | Wake Forest | Michael Dufresne snags the offensive board | 56-58 |
| 02:33 | Wake Forest | Robert Butler is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 56-58 |
| 02:31 | Cal | Michael Jefferson snags the defensive board | 56-58 |
| 02:02 | Cal | Billy Stern's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 56-58 |
| Subs | Cal | Mladen Smitreski (SG), Gary Hulsey (SF), John Matsumura (C) Claude Walker, James Scott, Billy Stern | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Paul Barnes (PG) Elias Dibenedetto | |
| 01:53 | Wake Forest | Michael Dufresne misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 56-58 |
| 01:51 | Cal | The rebound goes to John Matsumura | 56-58 |
| 01:51 | Cal | Cal calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 56-58 |
| Subs | Cal | Claude Walker (PG), James Scott (SG), Billy Stern (C) Mladen Smitreski, Gary Hulsey, John Matsumura | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Elias Dibenedetto (PG), Robert Bernard (SF) Paul Barnes, Michael Dufresne | |
| 01:22 | Cal | Valeri Zinzow swats the shot by Claude Walker | 56-58 |
| 01:21 | Wake Forest | Robert Butler grabs the board | 56-58 |
| 01:02 | Wake Forest | Michael Jefferson swats the layup by Valeri Zinzow | 56-58 |
| 01:01 | Cal | The rebound goes to William Scott | 56-58 |
| 00:42 | Cal | Claude Walker misses the shot from the left side | 56-58 |
| 00:40 | Wake Forest | The rebound goes to Thomas Burkholder | 56-58 |
| Game Plan | Cal | Cal is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-4) | |
| 00:19 | Wake Forest | Robert Butler makes the shot from close range set up by Elias Dibenedetto | 56-60 |
| Game Plan | Cal | Cal is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-4) | |
| 00:13 | Cal | William Scott tries to split the doubleteam and is called for the offensive foul - foul #5 on William Scott, team foul #10 | 56-60 |
| Subs | Cal | Gary Hulsey (SF) William Scott | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Paul Barnes (PG), Michael Dufresne (SF) Elias Dibenedetto, Robert Bernard | |
| Game Plan | Cal | Cal is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-4) | |
| 00:11 | Wake Forest | Paul Barnes is fouled in the backcourt by Claude Walker - foul #1 on Claude Walker, team foul #11 | 56-60 |
| 00:11 | Wake Forest | Paul Barnes makes the 1st free throw | 56-61 |
| 00:11 | Wake Forest | Paul Barnes makes the 2nd free throw | 56-62 |
| 00:07 | Cal | Cal calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 56-62 |
| Subs | Cal | | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Elias Dibenedetto (PG), Robert Bernard (SF) Paul Barnes, Michael Dufresne | |
| 00:04 | Cal | Gary Hulsey can't connect on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 56-62 |
| 00:02 | Wake Forest | The rebound goes to Valeri Zinzow | 56-62 |
| Game Plan | Cal | Cal is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-4) | |
| 00:00 | Wake Forest | Valeri Zinzow runs out the clock | 56-62 |