| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Will Brown (fresh) SG - Charles Mercer (fresh) SF - John Smith (fresh) PF - George Bradt (fresh) C - Stephen Groves (fresh) | |
| Lineup | St. Joseph's | PG - Dennis Corvin (fresh) SG - Thomas Draeger (fresh) SF - Walter Symons (fresh) PF - Michael Gardner (fresh) C - Frank Chaffin (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | St. Joseph's | Michael Gardner wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | St. Joseph's | St. Joseph's is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+4) | |
| 19:58 | St. Joseph's | Dennis Corvin throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 0-0 |
| 19:37 | North Carolina | Charles Mercer can't connect on a turnaround from the left block but he's fouled by Thomas Draeger - foul #1 on Thomas Draeger, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:37 | North Carolina | Charles Mercer makes the 1st free throw | 1-0 |
| 19:37 | North Carolina | Charles Mercer makes the 2nd free throw | 2-0 |
| 19:15 | St. Joseph's | Thomas Draeger connects on the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 2-2 |
| 18:57 | North Carolina | Charles Mercer double dribbles | 2-2 |
| 18:34 | St. Joseph's | Walter Symons misses long on a jumper from the right wing | 2-2 |
| 18:32 | North Carolina | George Bradt gets the rebound | 2-2 |
| 18:11 | North Carolina | John Smith scores on a fadeaway jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Charles Mercer and he's fouled by Walter Symons - foul #1 on Walter Symons, team foul #2 | 4-2 |
| 18:11 | North Carolina | John Smith makes the free throw | 5-2 |
| 17:43 | St. Joseph's | Walter Symons loses the ball out of bounds | 5-2 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Keith Wolf (SG), Harold Grafenstein (SF), Allen Pullins (PF) Will Brown, Charles Mercer, George Bradt | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Rodney Matthews (SG), Chadwick Bibb (PF), Lawrence Timpson (C) Thomas Draeger, Michael Gardner, Frank Chaffin | |
| 17:14 | North Carolina | Harold Grafenstein misses long on a jumper from the free throw line | 5-2 |
| 17:13 | St. Joseph's | Chadwick Bibb pulls down the rebound | 5-2 |
| 17:10 | St. Joseph's | Walter Symons is fouled in the backcourt by Harold Grafenstein - foul #1 on Harold Grafenstein, team foul #1 | 5-2 |
| 16:50 | St. Joseph's | Walter Symons misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 5-2 |
| 16:48 | North Carolina | Stephen Groves gets the rebound | 5-2 |
| 16:22 | North Carolina | John Smith works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 5-2 |
| 16:21 | St. Joseph's | The rebound goes to Lawrence Timpson | 5-2 |
| 16:16 | St. Joseph's | Lawrence Timpson buries a turnaround near the basket and the foul's on Stephen Groves - foul #1 on Stephen Groves, team foul #2 | 5-4 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Will Brown (PG), Charles Mercer (SG), George Bradt (PF), William Lovett (C) John Smith, Harold Grafenstein, Allen Pullins, Stephen Groves | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Thomas Draeger (PG) Dennis Corvin | |
| 16:16 | St. Joseph's | Lawrence Timpson misses the free throw | 5-4 |
| 16:16 | North Carolina | Keith Wolf pulls down the rebound | 5-4 |
| 16:00 | North Carolina | Charles Mercer knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Keith Wolf | 7-4 |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Will Brown (fresh) SG - Charles Mercer (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Keith Wolf (fresh) 1 ast. PF - George Bradt (fresh) C - William Lovett (fresh) | |
| Lineup | St. Joseph's | PG - Thomas Draeger (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Rodney Matthews (fresh) SF - Walter Symons (fairly fresh) PF - Chadwick Bibb (fresh) C - Lawrence Timpson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 15:48 | St. Joseph's | Thomas Draeger is whistled for traveling | 7-4 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Michael Dingler (SF) Keith Wolf | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Michael Gardner (C) Lawrence Timpson | |
| 15:31 | North Carolina | The short jumper by William Lovett is denied by Chadwick Bibb | 7-4 |
| 15:30 | North Carolina | Will Brown snags the offensive board | 7-4 |
| 15:11 | North Carolina | Charles Mercer hits a floater from the right block set up by Will Brown | 9-4 |
| 14:48 | St. Joseph's | George Bradt takes the ball from Rodney Matthews | 9-4 |
| 14:22 | North Carolina | Charles Mercer clanks a jumper from the left wing but the foul's on Rodney Matthews - foul #1 on Rodney Matthews, team foul #3 | 9-4 |
| Subs | North Carolina | John Smith (PG), Keith Wolf (SF), Allen Pullins (PF), Stephen Groves (C) Will Brown, Michael Dingler, George Bradt, William Lovett | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Dennis Corvin (PG), Dennis Rasnick (SF), Frank Chaffin (C) Rodney Matthews, Walter Symons, Chadwick Bibb | |
| 14:22 | North Carolina | Charles Mercer makes the 1st free throw | 10-4 |
| 14:22 | North Carolina | Charles Mercer makes the 2nd free throw | 11-4 |
| 14:16 | St. Joseph's | Stephen Groves steps in front of the Dennis Corvin pass in the backcourt | 11-4 |
| 13:55 | North Carolina | Stephen Groves shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the driving attempt from the right block set up by John Smith | 13-4 |
| 13:52 | St. Joseph's | Thomas Draeger is called for traveling in the backcourt | 13-4 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Harold Grafenstein (SF) Charles Mercer | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Lawrence Timpson (PF) Michael Gardner | |
| 13:28 | North Carolina | Thomas Draeger steps in front of the Keith Wolf pass | 13-4 |
| 13:24 | St. Joseph's | Thomas Draeger can't finish the layup | 13-4 |
| 13:23 | North Carolina | Allen Pullins gets the rebound | 13-4 |
| 13:07 | North Carolina | Stephen Groves evades the doubleteam and hits a turnaround near the basket | 15-4 |
| 12:41 | St. Joseph's | Dennis Rasnick misses badly on a runner from the baseline but the foul's on Harold Grafenstein - foul #2 on Harold Grafenstein, team foul #3 | 15-4 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Will Brown (PG), Marshall Coleman (SG), George Bradt (PF) Keith Wolf, Harold Grafenstein, Allen Pullins | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Chadwick Bibb (PF) Lawrence Timpson | |
| 12:41 | St. Joseph's | Dennis Rasnick makes the 1st free throw | 15-5 |
| 12:41 | St. Joseph's | Dennis Rasnick makes the 2nd free throw | 15-6 |
| 12:12 | North Carolina | John Smith misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 15-6 |
| 12:10 | St. Joseph's | The rebound goes to Frank Chaffin | 15-6 |
| 11:50 | St. Joseph's | Chadwick Bibb makes the floater near the basket | 15-8 |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Will Brown (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Marshall Coleman (fresh) SF - John Smith (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - George Bradt (fresh) C - Stephen Groves (fairly fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | St. Joseph's | PG - Dennis Corvin (fairly fresh) SG - Thomas Draeger (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Dennis Rasnick (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Chadwick Bibb (fresh) 2 pts. C - Frank Chaffin (fairly fresh) | |
| 11:31 | North Carolina | Marshall Coleman can't connect on a jumpshot from the right side but the foul's on Dennis Rasnick - foul #1 on Dennis Rasnick, team foul #4 | 15-8 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Keith Wolf (SF), Matthew Freshour (PF), William Lovett (C) John Smith, George Bradt, Stephen Groves | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Rodney Matthews (SG), Walter Symons (SF), Michael Gardner (C) Thomas Draeger, Dennis Rasnick, Frank Chaffin | |
| 11:31 | North Carolina | Marshall Coleman makes the 1st free throw | 16-8 |
| 11:31 | North Carolina | Marshall Coleman makes the 2nd free throw | 17-8 |
| 11:11 | St. Joseph's | Chadwick Bibb makes the pull-up jumper from the left side | 17-10 |
| 10:42 | North Carolina | Marshall Coleman hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 17-10 |
| 10:40 | North Carolina | Matthew Freshour grabs the offensive board | 17-10 |
| 10:20 | North Carolina | Keith Wolf misses the fadeaway from the left wing | 17-10 |
| 10:19 | North Carolina | Will Brown grabs the offensive rebound | 17-10 |
| 09:59 | North Carolina | Keith Wolf is fouled on the floor by Dennis Corvin - foul #1 on Dennis Corvin, team foul #5 | 17-10 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Charles Mercer (SG), John Smith (SF), George Bradt (PF), Stephen Groves (C) Marshall Coleman, Keith Wolf, Matthew Freshour, William Lovett | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Lawrence Timpson (C) Chadwick Bibb | |
| 09:40 | North Carolina | Stephen Groves misses long on a floater in the lane but he's fouled by Lawrence Timpson - foul #1 on Lawrence Timpson, team foul #6 | 17-10 |
| 09:40 | North Carolina | Stephen Groves makes the 1st free throw | 18-10 |
| 09:40 | North Carolina | Stephen Groves makes the 2nd free throw | 19-10 |
| 09:20 | St. Joseph's | Lawrence Timpson hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right side | 19-10 |
| 09:18 | North Carolina | Stephen Groves grabs the defensive rebound | 19-10 |
| 09:03 | North Carolina | John Smith makes the 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by Will Brown | 22-10 |
| 08:50 | St. Joseph's | Rodney Matthews clanks a jump hook in the paint but he's hacked by John Smith - foul #1 on John Smith, team foul #4 | 22-10 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Keith Wolf (SF) Will Brown | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Thomas Draeger (PG), Dennis Rasnick (SF), Frank Chaffin (C) Dennis Corvin, Walter Symons, Michael Gardner | |
| 08:50 | St. Joseph's | Rodney Matthews makes the 1st free throw | 22-11 |
| 08:50 | St. Joseph's | Rodney Matthews makes the 2nd free throw | 22-12 |
| 08:27 | North Carolina | John Smith misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 22-12 |
| 08:26 | North Carolina | Keith Wolf grabs the offensive board | 22-12 |
| 08:06 | North Carolina | John Smith hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 22-12 |
| 08:04 | St. Joseph's | Lawrence Timpson grabs the defensive rebound | 22-12 |
| 07:42 | St. Joseph's | Lawrence Timpson drills a runner from close range set up by Thomas Draeger | 22-14 |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - John Smith (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Charles Mercer (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Keith Wolf (fresh) 1 ast. PF - George Bradt (fairly fresh) C - Stephen Groves (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | St. Joseph's | PG - Thomas Draeger (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Rodney Matthews (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Dennis Rasnick (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Lawrence Timpson (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Frank Chaffin (fairly fresh) | |
| 07:13 | North Carolina | John Smith connects on the 3pt jumper from the left corner on a nice dish by Keith Wolf | 25-14 |
| 07:07 | St. Joseph's | Rodney Matthews is denied on a dunk by Stephen Groves | 25-14 |
| 07:05 | St. Joseph's | Rodney Matthews snags the offensive board | 25-14 |
| 06:51 | St. Joseph's | Dennis Rasnick clanks a pull-up jumper from the right side | 25-14 |
| 06:50 | North Carolina | Keith Wolf snags the defensive board | 25-14 |
| 06:22 | North Carolina | John Smith clanks a jumpshot from the free throw line | 25-14 |
| 06:21 | St. Joseph's | Lawrence Timpson grabs the defensive rebound | 25-14 |
| 06:19 | St. Joseph's | John Smith is called for the reach on Thomas Draeger in the backcourt - foul #2 on John Smith, team foul #5 | 25-14 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Will Brown (PG), Marshall Coleman (SG), Michael Dingler (SF), Allen Pullins (PF), William Lovett (C) John Smith, Charles Mercer, Keith Wolf, George Bradt, Stephen Groves | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Dennis Corvin (PG), Walter Symons (SF), Chadwick Bibb (PF), Michael Gardner (C) Rodney Matthews, Dennis Rasnick, Lawrence Timpson, Frank Chaffin | |
| 06:00 | St. Joseph's | Thomas Draeger misses short on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 25-14 |
| 05:59 | St. Joseph's | Michael Gardner pulls down the offensive rebound | 25-14 |
| 05:32 | St. Joseph's | Thomas Draeger misses the floater from the free throw line but he's fouled by Marshall Coleman - foul #1 on Marshall Coleman, team foul #6 | 25-14 |
| 05:32 | St. Joseph's | Thomas Draeger makes the 1st free throw | 25-15 |
| 05:32 | St. Joseph's | Thomas Draeger makes the 2nd free throw | 25-16 |
| 05:20 | North Carolina | Will Brown clanks a jumpshot from the free throw line | 25-16 |
| 05:19 | St. Joseph's | The rebound goes to Walter Symons | 25-16 |
| 05:16 | St. Joseph's | Chadwick Bibb double dribbles in the backcourt | 25-16 |
| 05:04 | North Carolina | Will Brown is hacked by Walter Symons - foul #2 on Walter Symons, team foul #7 | 25-16 |
| Subs | North Carolina | John Smith (SF), Stephen Groves (C) Michael Dingler, William Lovett | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Rodney Matthews (SF) Walter Symons | |
| 05:04 | North Carolina | Will Brown makes the 1st free throw | 26-16 |
| 05:04 | North Carolina | Will Brown misses the 2nd free throw | 26-16 |
| 05:04 | St. Joseph's | Chadwick Bibb gets the rebound | 26-16 |
| 04:44 | St. Joseph's | Chadwick Bibb misses the turnaround from the left block but he's hacked by Allen Pullins - foul #1 on Allen Pullins, team foul #7 | 26-16 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Matthew Freshour (PF) Allen Pullins | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | | |
| 04:44 | St. Joseph's | Chadwick Bibb makes the 1st free throw | 26-17 |
| 04:44 | St. Joseph's | Chadwick Bibb misses the 2nd free throw | 26-17 |
| 04:44 | North Carolina | Stephen Groves gets the rebound | 26-17 |
| 04:26 | North Carolina | John Smith misses badly on a floater from just outside the lane | 26-17 |
| 04:24 | North Carolina | Stephen Groves tips it home | 28-17 |
| 04:10 | St. Joseph's | Thomas Draeger hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left side | 28-17 |
| 04:08 | North Carolina | Stephen Groves pulls down the rebound | 28-17 |
| 03:51 | North Carolina | John Smith is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 28-17 |
| 03:49 | St. Joseph's | Michael Gardner grabs the defensive rebound | 28-17 |
| 03:26 | St. Joseph's | Rodney Matthews makes the jump hook from the baseline on a great pass from Dennis Corvin | 28-19 |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Will Brown (tiring) 1 pts. 2 ast. SG - Marshall Coleman (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - John Smith (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. PF - Matthew Freshour (fresh) C - Stephen Groves (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | St. Joseph's | PG - Dennis Corvin (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Thomas Draeger (tiring) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Rodney Matthews (fairly fresh) 4 pts. PF - Chadwick Bibb (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Michael Gardner (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 03:23 | North Carolina | Will Brown's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 28-19 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Keith Wolf (PG), Charles Mercer (SG), Harold Grafenstein (SF), George Bradt (PF), William Lovett (C) Will Brown, Marshall Coleman, John Smith, Matthew Freshour, Stephen Groves | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Walter Symons (SG), Dennis Rasnick (SF), Frank Chaffin (C) Thomas Draeger, Rodney Matthews, Chadwick Bibb | |
| 03:10 | St. Joseph's | Walter Symons clanks a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 28-19 |
| 03:09 | St. Joseph's | Frank Chaffin tips it back up and in | 28-21 |
| 02:49 | North Carolina | Harold Grafenstein blows the layup | 28-21 |
| 02:48 | North Carolina | William Lovett grabs the offensive rebound | 28-21 |
| 02:26 | North Carolina | Keith Wolf loses the ball out of bounds | 28-21 |
| Subs | North Carolina | John Smith (PG), Allen Pullins (PF), Stephen Groves (C) Harold Grafenstein, George Bradt, William Lovett | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Thomas Draeger (SG), Lawrence Timpson (PF) Dennis Corvin, Michael Gardner | |
| 02:05 | St. Joseph's | Thomas Draeger comes up short on the shot from the right wing | 28-21 |
| 02:04 | North Carolina | John Smith gets the rebound | 28-21 |
| 01:35 | North Carolina | Charles Mercer can't finish the layup | 28-21 |
| 01:34 | St. Joseph's | Lawrence Timpson grabs the board | 28-21 |
| 01:29 | St. Joseph's | Charles Mercer steps in front of the Walter Symons pass in the backcourt | 28-21 |
| 01:28 | North Carolina | John Smith banks in the layup on a great pass from Charles Mercer | 30-21 |
| 01:03 | St. Joseph's | Thomas Draeger connects on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 30-23 |
| 00:37 | North Carolina | Walter Symons steals the ball from Charles Mercer | 30-23 |
| 00:35 | St. Joseph's | Allen Pullins is called for the reach on Thomas Draeger in the backcourt - foul #2 on Allen Pullins, team foul #8 | 30-23 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Marshall Coleman (SG), Harold Grafenstein (SF), George Bradt (PF), William Lovett (C) Charles Mercer, Keith Wolf, Allen Pullins, Stephen Groves | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Dennis Corvin (PG), Chadwick Bibb (PF) Dennis Rasnick, Lawrence Timpson | |
| 00:35 | St. Joseph's | Thomas Draeger makes the 1st free throw | 30-24 |
| 00:35 | St. Joseph's | Thomas Draeger makes the 2nd free throw | 30-25 |
| 00:13 | North Carolina | John Smith shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the 3pt shot from straight away set up by William Lovett | 33-25 |
| 00:03 | St. Joseph's | Thomas Draeger buries a shot from the right wing | 33-27 |
| 00:00 | North Carolina | Marshall Coleman misses badly on a halfcourt shot | 33-27 |