| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Marion Dampier (fresh) SG - Tony Thibeault (fresh) SF - Ivan Sliwinski (fresh) PF - William Blackledge (fresh) C - Michael Jones (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Raymond Thompson (fresh) SG - Frank Jones (fresh) SF - Donald Beaver (fresh) PF - Todd Ringo (fresh) C - Eric Larson (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | New Mexico | Michael Jones wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a flex offense and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 19:51 | New Mexico | The jump hook by Ivan Sliwinski is blocked by Todd Ringo | 0-0 |
| 19:50 | Wake Forest | Raymond Thompson snags the defensive board | 0-0 |
| 19:23 | Wake Forest | Raymond Thompson can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 0-0 |
| 19:22 | New Mexico | The rebound goes to Marion Dampier | 0-0 |
| 19:02 | New Mexico | Ivan Sliwinski hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left side | 0-0 |
| 19:00 | Wake Forest | Frank Jones grabs the defensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 18:41 | Wake Forest | Frank Jones misses badly on a runner in the paint but he's hacked by Marion Dampier - foul #1 on Marion Dampier, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 18:41 | Wake Forest | Frank Jones misses the 1st free throw | 0-0 |
| 18:41 | Wake Forest | Frank Jones makes the 2nd free throw | 0-1 |
| 18:25 | New Mexico | Michael Jones connects on the open 3 from the right corner set up by Ivan Sliwinski | 3-1 |
| 18:22 | Wake Forest | Raymond Thompson is hacked by Marion Dampier in the backcourt - foul #2 on Marion Dampier, team foul #2 | 3-1 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Russell Perz (PG) Marion Dampier | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 18:10 | Wake Forest | Raymond Thompson misses short on a floater from the right wing | 3-1 |
| 18:09 | New Mexico | Ivan Sliwinski grabs the defensive rebound | 3-1 |
| 17:43 | New Mexico | Raymond Thompson is called for the reach on Russell Perz - foul #1 on Raymond Thompson, team foul #1 | 3-1 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Chad Hutton (PG), Trevor Burke (SG), Douglas Endo (PF), Ben Amos (C) Tony Thibeault, Ivan Sliwinski, William Blackledge, Michael Jones | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 17:31 | New Mexico | Chad Hutton throws a bad pass out of bounds | 3-1 |
| 17:05 | Wake Forest | Raymond Thompson clanks a 3 pointer from straight away but he's fouled by Ben Amos - foul #1 on Ben Amos, team foul #3 | 3-1 |
| Subs | New Mexico | | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Michael Carter (C) Eric Larson | |
| 17:05 | Wake Forest | Raymond Thompson makes the 1st free throw | 3-2 |
| 17:05 | Wake Forest | Raymond Thompson misses the 2nd free throw | 3-2 |
| 17:05 | Wake Forest | Raymond Thompson makes the 3rd free throw | 3-3 |
| 16:47 | New Mexico | Chad Hutton hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 3-3 |
| 16:46 | Wake Forest | Todd Ringo snags the defensive board | 3-3 |
| 16:18 | Wake Forest | Michael Carter is hacked by Ben Amos - foul #2 on Ben Amos, team foul #4 | 3-3 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Tony Thibeault (SG), Ivan Sliwinski (SF), William Blackledge (PF) Trevor Burke, Russell Perz, Ben Amos | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Burton Cornwell (PG), Samuel Mong (SF), Kenneth Britton (PF) Raymond Thompson, Donald Beaver, Todd Ringo | |
| 16:00 | Wake Forest | Kenneth Britton banks in the layup on a great pass from Michael Carter | 3-5 |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Chad Hutton (fairly fresh) SG - Tony Thibeault (fresh) SF - Ivan Sliwinski (fresh) PF - William Blackledge (fresh) C - Douglas Endo (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Burton Cornwell (fresh) SG - Frank Jones (fairly fresh) 1 pts. SF - Samuel Mong (fresh) PF - Kenneth Britton (fresh) 2 pts. C - Michael Carter (fresh) | |
| 15:32 | New Mexico | Ivan Sliwinski blows the layup but he's hacked by Samuel Mong - foul #1 on Samuel Mong, team foul #2 | 3-5 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Trevor Burke (PG), Michael Jones (C) Chad Hutton, Douglas Endo | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Eric Larson (C) Michael Carter | |
| 15:32 | New Mexico | Ivan Sliwinski makes the 1st free throw | 4-5 |
| 15:32 | New Mexico | Ivan Sliwinski misses the 2nd free throw | 4-5 |
| 15:32 | Wake Forest | Kenneth Britton gets the rebound | 4-5 |
| 15:05 | Wake Forest | Kenneth Britton hits the finger roll set up by Burton Cornwell | 4-7 |
| 14:40 | New Mexico | Michael Jones misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 4-7 |
| 14:38 | New Mexico | Michael Jones grabs the offensive rebound | 4-7 |
| 14:23 | New Mexico | Tony Thibeault works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the right wing | 4-7 |
| 14:22 | New Mexico | The offensive rebound goes to Ivan Sliwinski | 4-7 |
| 14:09 | New Mexico | Trevor Burke misses long on an open jumper from close range but he's hacked by Burton Cornwell - foul #1 on Burton Cornwell, team foul #3 | 4-7 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Russell Perz (PG), John Fancher (SF), Douglas Endo (PF) Tony Thibeault, Ivan Sliwinski, William Blackledge | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Raymond Thompson (PG), Donald Beaver (SF), Todd Ringo (PF), Michael Carter (C) Frank Jones, Samuel Mong, Kenneth Britton, Eric Larson | |
| 14:09 | New Mexico | Trevor Burke makes the 1st free throw | 5-7 |
| 14:09 | New Mexico | Trevor Burke misses the 2nd free throw | 5-7 |
| 14:09 | Wake Forest | Michael Carter gets the rebound | 5-7 |
| 13:52 | Wake Forest | Donald Beaver hits the front of the rim on the wide open shot from the left side | 5-7 |
| 13:50 | Wake Forest | Michael Carter hits the follow up shot | 5-9 |
| 13:29 | New Mexico | John Fancher clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner | 5-9 |
| 13:28 | Wake Forest | Todd Ringo gets the rebound | 5-9 |
| 13:02 | Wake Forest | Raymond Thompson scores on a 3pt jumper from the left corner set up by Michael Carter | 5-12 |
| 12:37 | New Mexico | Michael Jones's pass is intercepted by Todd Ringo | 5-12 |
| 12:34 | Wake Forest | Trevor Burke steals the ball from Raymond Thompson in the backcourt | 5-12 |
| 12:33 | New Mexico | John Fancher lays it in set up by Trevor Burke | 7-12 |
| 12:08 | Wake Forest | Raymond Thompson hits a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 7-15 |
| 12:01 | New Mexico | Trevor Burke can't connect on a driving attempt from the left block | 7-15 |
| 11:59 | Wake Forest | Donald Beaver grabs the defensive rebound | 7-15 |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Russell Perz (fresh) SG - Trevor Burke (fairly fresh) 1 pts. SF - John Fancher (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Douglas Endo (fairly fresh) C - Michael Jones (fairly fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Raymond Thompson (fresh) 8 pts. SG - Burton Cornwell (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Donald Beaver (fairly fresh) PF - Todd Ringo (fresh) 2 reb. C - Michael Carter (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:31 | Wake Forest | Michael Carter clanks a jump hook from the left block but he's hacked by Michael Jones - foul #1 on Michael Jones, team foul #5 | 7-15 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Chad Hutton (PG), Tony Thibeault (SG), Ivan Sliwinski (SF), William Blackledge (PF) Russell Perz, Trevor Burke, John Fancher, Douglas Endo | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Frank Jones (SG), Samuel Mong (SF) Burton Cornwell, Donald Beaver | |
| 11:31 | Wake Forest | Michael Carter misses the 1st free throw | 7-15 |
| 11:31 | Wake Forest | Michael Carter misses the 2nd free throw | 7-15 |
| 11:31 | New Mexico | William Blackledge gets the rebound | 7-15 |
| 11:27 | New Mexico | Frank Jones steals it from Chad Hutton in the backcourt | 7-15 |
| 11:26 | Wake Forest | Frank Jones lays it in | 7-17 |
| 11:22 | New Mexico | Ivan Sliwinski is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3 from the right wing | 7-17 |
| 11:20 | New Mexico | Michael Jones grabs the offensive board | 7-17 |
| 11:07 | New Mexico | Tony Thibeault misses the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 7-17 |
| 11:06 | Wake Forest | Raymond Thompson snags the defensive board | 7-17 |
| 10:47 | Wake Forest | Todd Ringo can't connect on a floater in the paint but he's hacked by Chad Hutton - foul #1 on Chad Hutton, team foul #6 | 7-17 |
| Subs | New Mexico | | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Eric Larson (C) Michael Carter | |
| 10:47 | Wake Forest | Todd Ringo makes the 1st free throw | 7-18 |
| 10:47 | Wake Forest | Todd Ringo makes the 2nd free throw | 7-19 |
| 10:37 | New Mexico | Michael Jones clanks a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 7-19 |
| 10:36 | New Mexico | Chad Hutton tips it back up and in | 9-19 |
| 10:16 | Wake Forest | Todd Ringo misses long on a jumper in the paint but he's fouled by Tony Thibeault - foul #1 on Tony Thibeault, team foul #7 | 9-19 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Russell Perz (C) Michael Jones | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 10:16 | Wake Forest | Todd Ringo makes the 1st free throw | 9-20 |
| 10:16 | Wake Forest | Todd Ringo misses the 2nd free throw | 9-20 |
| 10:16 | Wake Forest | Eric Larson pulls down the offensive rebound | 9-20 |
| 09:57 | Wake Forest | Frank Jones connects on the jump hook from the baseline on a great pass from Raymond Thompson | 9-22 |
| 09:48 | New Mexico | Russell Perz misses long on a jumper from the right wing | 9-22 |
| 09:47 | New Mexico | Russell Perz grabs the offensive board | 9-22 |
| 09:37 | New Mexico | Russell Perz misses the shot from the free throw line | 9-22 |
| 09:36 | Wake Forest | Eric Larson snags the defensive board | 9-22 |
| 09:31 | Wake Forest | Samuel Mong is hacked by Chad Hutton in the backcourt - foul #2 on Chad Hutton, team foul #8 | 9-22 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Douglas Endo (C) Chad Hutton | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Burton Cornwell (PG), Kenneth Britton (PF) Raymond Thompson, Todd Ringo | |
| 09:31 | Wake Forest | Samuel Mong misses the 1st free throw | 9-22 |
| 09:31 | New Mexico | Ivan Sliwinski gets the rebound | 9-22 |
| 09:16 | New Mexico | Tony Thibeault shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the pull-up jumper from the left side on a nice dish by William Blackledge | 11-22 |
| 09:12 | Wake Forest | Douglas Endo is called for the reach on Burton Cornwell in the backcourt - foul #1 on Douglas Endo, team foul #9 | 11-22 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Josh Cheney (SG), John Fancher (SF) Tony Thibeault, Ivan Sliwinski | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Donald Beaver (SF) Samuel Mong | |
| 09:12 | Wake Forest | Burton Cornwell misses the 1st free throw | 11-22 |
| 09:12 | New Mexico | Douglas Endo snags the defensive board | 11-22 |
| 08:48 | New Mexico | Russell Perz can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 11-22 |
| 08:47 | Wake Forest | Donald Beaver pulls down the rebound | 11-22 |
| 08:43 | Wake Forest | Donald Beaver is hacked by William Blackledge - foul #1 on William Blackledge, team foul #10 | 11-22 |
| Subs | New Mexico | | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Michael Carter (C) Eric Larson | |
| 08:43 | Wake Forest | Donald Beaver makes the 1st free throw | 11-23 |
| 08:43 | Wake Forest | Donald Beaver misses the 2nd free throw | 11-23 |
| 08:43 | New Mexico | Douglas Endo gets the rebound | 11-23 |
| 08:17 | New Mexico | Josh Cheney loses the dribble to Michael Carter | 11-23 |
| 07:52 | Wake Forest | Kenneth Britton misses the easy layup but he's hacked by William Blackledge - foul #2 on William Blackledge, team foul #11 | 11-23 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Tony Thibeault (SG), Ivan Sliwinski (SF), Michael Jones (C) Josh Cheney, John Fancher, William Blackledge | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Raymond Thompson (PG) Burton Cornwell | |
| 07:52 | Wake Forest | Kenneth Britton misses the 1st free throw | 11-23 |
| 07:52 | Wake Forest | Kenneth Britton misses the 2nd free throw | 11-23 |
| 07:52 | New Mexico | The rebound goes to Douglas Endo | 11-23 |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Russell Perz (fairly fresh) SG - Tony Thibeault (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Ivan Sliwinski (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. PF - Douglas Endo (fairly fresh) 3 reb. C - Michael Jones (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Raymond Thompson (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Frank Jones (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - Donald Beaver (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. PF - Kenneth Britton (fresh) 4 pts. C - Michael Carter (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:32 | New Mexico | Douglas Endo is hacked by Kenneth Britton - foul #1 on Kenneth Britton, team foul #4 | 11-23 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Trevor Burke (PF) Douglas Endo | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Samuel Mong (SF), Eric Larson (C) Donald Beaver, Michael Carter | |
| 07:23 | New Mexico | Michael Jones connects on the turnaround in the paint on a great pass from Ivan Sliwinski | 13-23 |
| 07:21 | Wake Forest | Eric Larson is hacked by Michael Jones in the backcourt - foul #2 on Michael Jones, team foul #12 | 13-23 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Douglas Endo (C) Michael Jones | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Todd Ringo (PF) Kenneth Britton | |
| 07:21 | Wake Forest | Eric Larson misses the 1st free throw | 13-23 |
| 07:21 | Wake Forest | Eric Larson makes the 2nd free throw | 13-24 |
| 07:03 | New Mexico | Russell Perz misses the driving attempt from the baseline but he's hacked by Raymond Thompson - foul #2 on Raymond Thompson, team foul #5 | 13-24 |
| Subs | New Mexico | | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Burton Cornwell (PG) Raymond Thompson | |
| 07:03 | New Mexico | Russell Perz makes the 1st free throw | 14-24 |
| 07:03 | New Mexico | Russell Perz makes the 2nd free throw | 15-24 |
| 06:43 | Wake Forest | Samuel Mong's pass is intercepted by Ivan Sliwinski | 15-24 |
| 06:33 | New Mexico | Tony Thibeault buries a 3pt attempt from straight away | 18-24 |
| 06:13 | Wake Forest | Todd Ringo misses long on a floater in the lane | 18-24 |
| 06:11 | New Mexico | Douglas Endo grabs the defensive rebound | 18-24 |
| 06:00 | New Mexico | Trevor Burke connects on the open floater from the left block | 20-24 |
| 05:39 | Wake Forest | Frank Jones hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the baseline | 20-24 |
| 05:38 | New Mexico | Trevor Burke snags the defensive board | 20-24 |
| 05:22 | New Mexico | Douglas Endo clanks a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 20-24 |
| 05:20 | New Mexico | Russell Perz can't tip it in | 20-24 |
| 05:19 | New Mexico | Tony Thibeault gets the offensive rebound | 20-24 |
| 05:12 | New Mexico | Ivan Sliwinski shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the jumper in the paint | 20-24 |
| 05:10 | Wake Forest | Eric Larson pulls down the rebound | 20-24 |
| 04:47 | Wake Forest | Todd Ringo can't finish the layup | 20-24 |
| 04:46 | New Mexico | The rebound goes to Trevor Burke | 20-24 |
| 04:32 | New Mexico | Tony Thibeault misses short on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 20-24 |
| 04:30 | New Mexico | Douglas Endo tips it home | 22-24 |
| 04:24 | Wake Forest | Frank Jones dunks the ball on a great pass from Todd Ringo | 22-26 |
| 03:58 | New Mexico | Frank Jones steals the ball from Ivan Sliwinski | 22-26 |
| 03:39 | Wake Forest | Frank Jones misses the wide open floater from the right wing | 22-26 |
| 03:37 | Wake Forest | Eric Larson gets the offensive rebound | 22-26 |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Russell Perz (tiring) 2 pts. SG - Tony Thibeault (tiring) 5 pts. SF - Ivan Sliwinski (tiring) 1 pts. 3 reb. PF - Trevor Burke (tiring) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Douglas Endo (tiring) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Burton Cornwell (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Frank Jones (tiring) 7 pts. 2 stl. SF - Samuel Mong (tiring) PF - Todd Ringo (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Eric Larson (tiring) 1 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 03:09 | Wake Forest | Todd Ringo knocks in the floater from the left block | 22-28 |
| 02:57 | New Mexico | Russell Perz is open but comes up short on the fadeaway from close range | 22-28 |
| 02:55 | Wake Forest | Eric Larson gets the rebound | 22-28 |
| 02:50 | Wake Forest | Todd Ringo's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 22-28 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Marion Dampier (PG), Josh Cheney (SG), John Fancher (SF), William Blackledge (PF), Michael Jones (C) Russell Perz, Tony Thibeault, Ivan Sliwinski, Trevor Burke, Douglas Endo | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Raymond Thompson (PG), Donald Beaver (SF), Kenneth Britton (PF), Michael Carter (C) Burton Cornwell, Samuel Mong, Todd Ringo, Eric Larson | |
| 02:32 | New Mexico | John Fancher can't connect on a runner in the paint but he's hacked by Donald Beaver - foul #1 on Donald Beaver, team foul #6 | 22-28 |
| 02:32 | New Mexico | John Fancher makes the 1st free throw | 23-28 |
| 02:32 | New Mexico | John Fancher makes the 2nd free throw | 24-28 |
| 02:15 | Wake Forest | Kenneth Britton is denied on a dunk by Michael Jones | 24-28 |
| 02:13 | New Mexico | John Fancher grabs the board | 24-28 |
| 01:56 | New Mexico | Josh Cheney can't connect on a 3 pointer from straight away but the foul's on Frank Jones - foul #1 on Frank Jones, team foul #7 | 24-28 |
| 01:56 | New Mexico | Josh Cheney makes the 1st free throw | 25-28 |
| 01:56 | New Mexico | Josh Cheney makes the 2nd free throw | 26-28 |
| 01:56 | New Mexico | Josh Cheney makes the 3rd free throw | 27-28 |
| 01:40 | Wake Forest | Raymond Thompson drills a pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Frank Jones and the foul's on Marion Dampier - foul #3 on Marion Dampier, team foul #13 | 27-30 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Chad Hutton (PG) Marion Dampier | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Burton Cornwell (SG) Frank Jones | |
| 01:40 | Wake Forest | Raymond Thompson misses the free throw | 27-30 |
| 01:40 | New Mexico | John Fancher grabs the defensive rebound | 27-30 |
| 01:15 | New Mexico | Michael Jones loses the ball out of bounds | 27-30 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Tony Thibeault (SG), Ben Amos (C) Josh Cheney, Michael Jones | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 00:57 | Wake Forest | Donald Beaver hits a wide open fadeaway from the free throw line on a nice dish by Raymond Thompson | 27-32 |
| 00:42 | New Mexico | William Blackledge clanks a fadeaway from the left side | 27-32 |
| 00:41 | New Mexico | William Blackledge gets the offensive rebound | 27-32 |
| 00:13 | New Mexico | Chad Hutton misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 27-32 |
| 00:12 | Wake Forest | Donald Beaver pulls down the rebound | 27-32 |
| 00:00 | Wake Forest | Kenneth Britton can't connect on a jump hook from the left block | 27-32 |