| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Robert Angulo (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Kevin Orbison (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Arthur Shelton (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Michael Schneider (fresh) 2 reb. C - Don Schimmel (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Jay Gailey (fresh) 1 pts. 2 ast. SG - James Wozniak (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Colby Ladd (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. PF - Otis Ensign (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. C - Tim Morgan (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Wake Forest | Colby Ladd inbounds the ball | 26-27 |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 19:45 | Wake Forest | James Wozniak is hacked by Kevin Orbison - foul #2 on Kevin Orbison, team foul #1 | 26-27 |
| 19:25 | Wake Forest | Tim Morgan connects on the floater in the lane on a nice dish by Jay Gailey and he's hacked by Robert Angulo - foul #1 on Robert Angulo, team foul #2 | 26-29 |
| 19:25 | Wake Forest | Tim Morgan misses the free throw | 26-29 |
| 19:25 | Northern Iowa | Don Schimmel grabs the defensive rebound | 26-29 |
| 19:10 | Northern Iowa | Arthur Shelton hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 26-29 |
| 19:08 | Wake Forest | James Wozniak pulls down the rebound | 26-29 |
| 18:47 | Wake Forest | James Wozniak makes the 3pt shot from the left corner on a great pass from Otis Ensign | 26-32 |
| 18:28 | Northern Iowa | Jay Gailey steps in front of the Michael Schneider pass | 26-32 |
| 18:01 | Wake Forest | Colby Ladd comes up short on the shot from the left side | 26-32 |
| 18:00 | Northern Iowa | The rebound goes to Michael Schneider | 26-32 |
| 17:37 | Northern Iowa | Kevin Orbison can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing but the foul's on James Wozniak - foul #1 on James Wozniak, team foul #1 | 26-32 |
| 17:37 | Northern Iowa | Kevin Orbison makes the 1st free throw | 27-32 |
| 17:37 | Northern Iowa | Kevin Orbison makes the 2nd free throw | 28-32 |
| 17:14 | Wake Forest | Jay Gailey is hacked by Michael Schneider - foul #1 on Michael Schneider, team foul #3 | 28-32 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Richard Cottrill (SF) Arthur Shelton | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 16:55 | Wake Forest | Tim Morgan misses the lay-in | 28-32 |
| 16:54 | Wake Forest | Jay Gailey snags the offensive board | 28-32 |
| 16:35 | Wake Forest | Jay Gailey drills a floater from the right side on a great pass from Colby Ladd | 28-34 |
| 16:18 | Northern Iowa | Michael Schneider misses badly on a runner in the lane | 28-34 |
| 16:16 | Wake Forest | Tim Morgan gets the rebound | 28-34 |
| 15:56 | Wake Forest | James Wozniak makes the 3pt shot from the left wing on a nice dish by Otis Ensign | 28-37 |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Robert Angulo (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SG - Kevin Orbison (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Richard Cottrill (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Michael Schneider (fairly fresh) 3 reb. C - Don Schimmel (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Jay Gailey (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - James Wozniak (fairly fresh) 9 pts. SF - Colby Ladd (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. PF - Otis Ensign (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. C - Tim Morgan (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 15:36 | Northern Iowa | Colby Ladd steals it from Michael Schneider | 28-37 |
| 15:11 | Wake Forest | James Wozniak is called for 5 seconds | 28-37 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Ray Hudak (PG), George Inabinet (SG), Jay Edwards (SF), Thomas Cales (PF), Arthur Shelton (C) Robert Angulo, Kevin Orbison, Richard Cottrill, Michael Schneider, Don Schimmel | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Andrew Toupin (PF) Otis Ensign | |
| 14:45 | Northern Iowa | Arthur Shelton can't finish the layup | 28-37 |
| 14:44 | Northern Iowa | Jay Edwards gets the offensive rebound | 28-37 |
| 14:34 | Northern Iowa | Thomas Cales blows the layup | 28-37 |
| 14:33 | Wake Forest | Tim Morgan pulls down the rebound | 28-37 |
| 14:22 | Wake Forest | James Wozniak knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 28-40 |
| 14:07 | Northern Iowa | Jay Edwards misses long on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 28-40 |
| 14:06 | Wake Forest | Andrew Toupin pulls down the rebound | 28-40 |
| 13:40 | Wake Forest | Tim Morgan hits the finger roll on a nice dish by James Wozniak | 28-42 |
| 13:35 | Northern Iowa | George Inabinet's dunk attempt is rejected by Andrew Toupin | 28-42 |
| 13:34 | Wake Forest | Jay Gailey snags the defensive board | 28-42 |
| 13:09 | Wake Forest | James Wozniak comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 28-42 |
| 13:07 | Northern Iowa | Thomas Cales grabs the board | 28-42 |
| 12:50 | Northern Iowa | Jay Edwards knocks in the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 31-42 |
| 12:40 | Wake Forest | James Wozniak hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left wing | 31-42 |
| 12:39 | Northern Iowa | Thomas Cales grabs the board | 31-42 |
| 12:31 | Northern Iowa | George Inabinet drills a floater from the left wing set up by Jay Edwards | 33-42 |
| 12:12 | Wake Forest | Andrew Toupin throws a bad pass out of bounds | 33-42 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Robert Angulo (PG), Kevin Orbison (SG), Michael Schneider (PF), Don Schimmel (C) Ray Hudak, George Inabinet, Thomas Cales, Arthur Shelton | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Otis Ensign (PF), Elias Solkowitz (C) Andrew Toupin, Tim Morgan | |
| 12:09 | Northern Iowa | Robert Angulo throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 33-42 |
| 12:04 | Wake Forest | Otis Ensign clanks a 3pt jumper from straight away | 33-42 |
| 12:03 | Northern Iowa | Don Schimmel pulls down the rebound | 33-42 |
| 11:56 | Northern Iowa | Michael Schneider is hacked by Elias Solkowitz - foul #2 on Elias Solkowitz, team foul #2 | 33-42 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Richard Cottrill (SF) Jay Edwards | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Robert Angulo (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Kevin Orbison (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Richard Cottrill (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Michael Schneider (fresh) 3 reb. C - Don Schimmel (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Jay Gailey (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - James Wozniak (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SF - Colby Ladd (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. PF - Otis Ensign (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. C - Elias Solkowitz (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:49 | Northern Iowa | Kevin Orbison misses long on a floater from the right wing | 33-42 |
| 11:48 | Northern Iowa | Don Schimmel hits the follow up shot | 35-42 |
| 11:29 | Wake Forest | Colby Ladd buries a shot from the left side on a great pass from James Wozniak | 35-44 |
| 11:11 | Northern Iowa | Richard Cottrill misses short on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 35-44 |
| 11:10 | Wake Forest | Jay Gailey gets the rebound | 35-44 |
| 10:56 | Wake Forest | James Wozniak connects on the 3pt shot from straight away on a nice dish by Otis Ensign | 35-47 |
| 10:37 | Northern Iowa | James Wozniak picks off the pass by Don Schimmel | 35-47 |
| 10:34 | Wake Forest | Robert Angulo is called for the reach on Jay Gailey in the backcourt - foul #2 on Robert Angulo, team foul #4 | 35-47 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Jay Edwards (SF) Richard Cottrill | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Bret Vaughn (PG), Timothy Dewalt (SG), Tim Morgan (C) Jay Gailey, James Wozniak, Elias Solkowitz | |
| 10:07 | Wake Forest | Timothy Dewalt scores on a driving attempt from the baseline set up by Colby Ladd and the foul's on Michael Schneider - foul #2 on Michael Schneider, team foul #5 | 35-49 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Aaron Lee (SF) Colby Ladd | |
| 10:07 | Wake Forest | Timothy Dewalt misses the free throw | 35-49 |
| 10:07 | Northern Iowa | Michael Schneider pulls down the rebound | 35-49 |
| 09:51 | Northern Iowa | Kevin Orbison's pass is intercepted by Otis Ensign | 35-49 |
| 09:31 | Wake Forest | Tim Morgan can't finish the layup but the foul's on Robert Angulo - foul #3 on Robert Angulo, team foul #6 | 35-49 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Thomas Cales (PF) Michael Schneider | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Jay Gailey (PG) Bret Vaughn | |
| 09:31 | Wake Forest | Tim Morgan makes the 1st free throw | 35-50 |
| 09:31 | Wake Forest | Tim Morgan makes the 2nd free throw | 35-51 |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 09:28 | Northern Iowa | Jay Gailey is called for the reach on Robert Angulo in the backcourt - foul #3 on Jay Gailey, team foul #3 | 35-51 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | James Wozniak (SG) Aaron Lee | |
| 09:18 | Northern Iowa | Thomas Cales's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 35-51 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Arthur Shelton (C) Don Schimmel | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Colby Ladd (SF) Timothy Dewalt | |
| 09:03 | Wake Forest | Otis Ensign is fouled on the floor by Jay Edwards - foul #4 on Jay Edwards, team foul #7 | 35-51 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Ray Hudak (PG), Richard Cottrill (C) Robert Angulo, Jay Edwards | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 09:03 | Wake Forest | Otis Ensign makes the 1st free throw | 35-52 |
| 09:03 | Wake Forest | Otis Ensign misses the 2nd free throw | 35-52 |
| 09:03 | Northern Iowa | The rebound goes to Thomas Cales | 35-52 |
| 08:54 | Northern Iowa | Thomas Cales is hacked by Tim Morgan - foul #2 on Tim Morgan, team foul #4 | 35-52 |
| 08:39 | Northern Iowa | Colby Ladd steals the ball from Arthur Shelton | 35-52 |
| 08:35 | Wake Forest | Colby Ladd misses the easy layup | 35-52 |
| 08:34 | Wake Forest | Tim Morgan pulls down the offensive rebound | 35-52 |
| 08:09 | Wake Forest | James Wozniak makes the 3 from straight away set up by Colby Ladd | 35-55 |
| 07:57 | Northern Iowa | Kevin Orbison misses the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 35-55 |
| 07:55 | Wake Forest | The rebound goes to Otis Ensign | 35-55 |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Ray Hudak (fresh) 6 pts. 3 pf. SG - Kevin Orbison (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Arthur Shelton (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Thomas Cales (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. C - Richard Cottrill (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Jay Gailey (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - James Wozniak (fairly fresh) 18 pts. 2 ast. SF - Colby Ladd (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 ast. 3 stl. PF - Otis Ensign (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. C - Tim Morgan (tiring) 14 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 07:31 | Wake Forest | James Wozniak can't connect on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 35-55 |
| 07:29 | Wake Forest | Tim Morgan hits the follow up shot | 35-57 |
| 07:13 | Northern Iowa | Richard Cottrill drills a floater from the left side | 37-57 |
| 06:53 | Wake Forest | Tim Morgan knocks in the jumper from the right block on a great pass from Colby Ladd | 37-59 |
| 06:34 | Northern Iowa | Arthur Shelton hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left block | 37-59 |
| 06:32 | Northern Iowa | Kevin Orbison grabs the offensive board | 37-59 |
| 06:13 | Northern Iowa | Kevin Orbison drills a pull-up jumper from the left side set up by Ray Hudak | 39-59 |
| 06:08 | Wake Forest | Colby Ladd makes the shot from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Jay Gailey | 39-61 |
| 05:57 | Northern Iowa | Tim Morgan takes the ball from Ray Hudak | 39-61 |
| 05:32 | Wake Forest | Colby Ladd connects on the jumper from the right side on a great pass from James Wozniak | 39-63 |
| 05:09 | Northern Iowa | Thomas Cales misses short on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 39-63 |
| 05:08 | Northern Iowa | Arthur Shelton tips it home | 41-63 |
| 04:47 | Wake Forest | James Wozniak comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 41-63 |
| 04:46 | Northern Iowa | Arthur Shelton snags the defensive board | 41-63 |
| 04:43 | Northern Iowa | Ray Hudak is whistled for a carry in the backcourt | 41-63 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | George Inabinet (PG), Brandon Carroll (SG) Kevin Orbison, Richard Cottrill | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Bret Vaughn (PG), Timothy Dewalt (SG), Aaron Lee (SF), Andrew Toupin (PF), Elias Solkowitz (C) Jay Gailey, James Wozniak, Colby Ladd, Otis Ensign, Tim Morgan | |
| 04:24 | Wake Forest | Bret Vaughn travels with the ball | 41-63 |
| 04:05 | Northern Iowa | Brandon Carroll throws a bad pass out of bounds | 41-63 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Richard Cottrill (C) Ray Hudak | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 03:43 | Wake Forest | Timothy Dewalt is hacked by Brandon Carroll - foul #1 on Brandon Carroll, team foul #8 | 41-63 |
| 03:43 | Wake Forest | Timothy Dewalt makes the 1st free throw | 41-64 |
| 03:43 | Wake Forest | Timothy Dewalt makes the 2nd free throw | 41-65 |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - George Inabinet (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Brandon Carroll (fresh) SF - Arthur Shelton (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. PF - Thomas Cales (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. C - Richard Cottrill (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Bret Vaughn (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Timothy Dewalt (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Aaron Lee (fresh) PF - Andrew Toupin (fresh) C - Elias Solkowitz (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:27 | Northern Iowa | Arthur Shelton comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 41-65 |
| 03:26 | Northern Iowa | George Inabinet gets the offensive rebound | 41-65 |
| 03:14 | Northern Iowa | Arthur Shelton comes up short on the driving attempt from the baseline | 41-65 |
| 03:13 | Wake Forest | Elias Solkowitz pulls down the rebound | 41-65 |
| 02:50 | Wake Forest | Aaron Lee misses short on a jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Arthur Shelton - foul #1 on Arthur Shelton, team foul #9 | 41-65 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Ray Hudak (SF) Richard Cottrill | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Colby Ladd (SF) Timothy Dewalt | |
| 02:50 | Wake Forest | Aaron Lee misses the 1st free throw | 41-65 |
| 02:50 | Wake Forest | Aaron Lee misses the 2nd free throw | 41-65 |
| 02:50 | Northern Iowa | The rebound goes to Thomas Cales | 41-65 |
| 02:42 | Northern Iowa | Brandon Carroll misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 41-65 |
| 02:41 | Wake Forest | Elias Solkowitz snags the defensive board | 41-65 |
| 02:18 | Wake Forest | Bret Vaughn misses badly on a floater from the left wing | 41-65 |
| 02:17 | Northern Iowa | Brandon Carroll grabs the board | 41-65 |
| 02:05 | Northern Iowa | Arthur Shelton misses long on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 41-65 |
| 02:03 | Wake Forest | Bret Vaughn gets the rebound | 41-65 |
| 01:39 | Wake Forest | Colby Ladd is fouled on the floor by Brandon Carroll - foul #2 on Brandon Carroll, team foul #10 | 41-65 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Richard Cottrill (C) Brandon Carroll | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Jay Gailey (PG), James Wozniak (SG), Otis Ensign (PF), Tim Morgan (C) Bret Vaughn, Aaron Lee, Andrew Toupin, Elias Solkowitz | |
| 01:39 | Wake Forest | Colby Ladd makes the 1st free throw | 41-66 |
| 01:39 | Wake Forest | Colby Ladd makes the 2nd free throw | 41-67 |
| 01:27 | Northern Iowa | Jay Gailey picks off the pass by Ray Hudak | 41-67 |
| 01:23 | Wake Forest | Jay Gailey blows the dunk | 41-67 |
| 01:21 | Wake Forest | Colby Ladd tips it in | 41-69 |
| 00:59 | Northern Iowa | Arthur Shelton loses the dribble to Otis Ensign | 41-69 |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:30 | Wake Forest | Otis Ensign scores on a floater from the right wing on a great pass from James Wozniak and he's fouled by Richard Cottrill - foul #2 on Richard Cottrill, team foul #11 | 41-71 |
| 00:30 | Wake Forest | Otis Ensign misses the free throw | 41-71 |
| 00:30 | Northern Iowa | Thomas Cales snags the defensive board | 41-71 |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:24 | Northern Iowa | Arthur Shelton makes the jump hook in the paint set up by Ray Hudak | 43-71 |
| 00:00 | Wake Forest | Jay Gailey runs out the clock | 43-71 |