| Lineup | NC State | PG - Benny Silvester (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. SG - Lawrence Shaw (fresh) SF - Derrick Barker (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Michael Hammond (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 3 blk. 3 pf. C - James Cooley (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Randy Vernon (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Ivan Wnukowski (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Gary Beckham (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Leonard Hughes (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Michael Bell (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Duke | Gary Beckham inbounds the ball | 25-15 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-5) | |
| 19:38 | Duke | Gary Beckham scores on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Ivan Wnukowski | 25-17 |
| 19:12 | NC State | Michael Hammond buries a 3pt shot from the right corner on a great pass from Benny Silvester | 28-17 |
| 18:45 | Duke | Michael Hammond swats the layup by Randy Vernon | 28-17 |
| 18:44 | NC State | Derrick Barker snags the defensive board | 28-17 |
| 18:25 | NC State | Lawrence Shaw scores on a floater from just outside the lane on a great pass from James Cooley | 30-17 |
| 18:17 | Duke | Michael Bell buries a runner in the paint set up by Randy Vernon and the foul's on James Cooley - foul #1 on James Cooley, team foul #1 | 30-19 |
| 18:17 | Duke | Michael Bell misses the free throw | 30-19 |
| 18:17 | Duke | Leonard Hughes grabs the offensive rebound | 30-19 |
| 18:06 | Duke | Leonard Hughes misses long on a jumper from just outside the lane | 30-19 |
| 18:04 | Duke | Gary Beckham grabs the offensive board | 30-19 |
| 17:54 | Duke | Randy Vernon buries a fadeaway from the right side on a nice dish by Gary Beckham and he's fouled by James Cooley - foul #2 on James Cooley, team foul #2 | 30-21 |
| 17:54 | Duke | Randy Vernon makes the free throw | 30-22 |
| 17:31 | NC State | Michael Hammond misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 30-22 |
| 17:30 | Duke | Michael Bell pulls down the rebound | 30-22 |
| 17:06 | Duke | Gary Beckham is fouled on the floor by James Cooley - foul #3 on James Cooley, team foul #3 | 30-22 |
| Subs | NC State | | |
| Subs | Duke | Timothy Raymond (SF), Darrell Darbonne (C) Gary Beckham, Michael Bell | |
| 16:51 | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski is hacked by Lawrence Shaw - foul #1 on Lawrence Shaw, team foul #4 | 30-22 |
| Subs | NC State | Pili Mohd (PG) Benny Silvester | |
| Subs | Duke | Michael Crown (SG), Thomas Dove (PF) Ivan Wnukowski, Leonard Hughes | |
| 16:23 | Duke | Thomas Dove makes the turnaround in the paint set up by Michael Crown and he's hacked by Pili Mohd - foul #1 on Pili Mohd, team foul #5 | 30-24 |
| Subs | NC State | Russell Farmer (SG) Lawrence Shaw | |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| 16:23 | Duke | Thomas Dove makes the free throw | 30-25 |
| 15:59 | NC State | Michael Hammond comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 30-25 |
| 15:57 | NC State | Pili Mohd gets the offensive rebound | 30-25 |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Pili Mohd (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Russell Farmer (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Derrick Barker (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Michael Hammond (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 4 blk. 3 pf. C - James Cooley (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Randy Vernon (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Michael Crown (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Timothy Raymond (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Thomas Dove (fresh) 3 pts. C - Darrell Darbonne (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:33 | NC State | Russell Farmer misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 30-25 |
| 15:32 | NC State | Derrick Barker snags the offensive board | 30-25 |
| 15:04 | NC State | Pili Mohd can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 30-25 |
| 15:03 | Duke | Thomas Dove grabs the defensive rebound | 30-25 |
| 14:34 | Duke | Thomas Dove is hacked by Michael Hammond - foul #4 on Michael Hammond, team foul #6 | 30-25 |
| Subs | NC State | Benny Silvester (PG), Lawrence Shaw (SG), David Dallas (PF) Pili Mohd, Derrick Barker, Michael Hammond | |
| Subs | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski (SG), Gary Beckham (SF), Leonard Hughes (PF), Michael Bell (C) Randy Vernon, Michael Crown, Thomas Dove, Darrell Darbonne | |
| 14:16 | Duke | Michael Bell comes up short on the floater from the right side | 30-25 |
| 14:14 | Duke | Gary Beckham gets the offensive rebound | 30-25 |
| 13:59 | Duke | Gary Beckham can't connect on a jumper from the left side | 30-25 |
| 13:58 | NC State | James Cooley grabs the board | 30-25 |
| 13:34 | NC State | David Dallas makes the wide open driving attempt from the left block on a nice dish by a doubleteamed Benny Silvester | 32-25 |
| 13:05 | Duke | Timothy Raymond misses the lay-in | 32-25 |
| 13:04 | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski gets the offensive rebound | 32-25 |
| 12:42 | Duke | Leonard Hughes's pass is intercepted by James Cooley | 32-25 |
| 12:20 | NC State | David Dallas can't connect on a floater from the baseline but the foul's on Leonard Hughes - foul #1 on Leonard Hughes, team foul #1 | 32-25 |
| Subs | NC State | Derrick Barker (SF), Michael Hammond (PF) Russell Farmer, James Cooley | |
| Subs | Duke | Randy Vernon (PG), Darrell Darbonne (C) Timothy Raymond, Michael Bell | |
| 12:20 | NC State | David Dallas makes the 1st free throw | 33-25 |
| 12:20 | NC State | David Dallas makes the 2nd free throw | 34-25 |
| 11:56 | Duke | Leonard Hughes comes up short on the turnaround from the left block but the foul's on Benny Silvester - foul #2 on Benny Silvester, team foul #7 | 34-25 |
| 11:56 | Duke | Leonard Hughes misses the 1st free throw | 34-25 |
| 11:56 | Duke | Leonard Hughes makes the 2nd free throw | 34-26 |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Benny Silvester (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. SG - Lawrence Shaw (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Derrick Barker (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Michael Hammond (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 4 blk. 4 pf. C - David Dallas (fresh) 8 pts. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Randy Vernon (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Ivan Wnukowski (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Gary Beckham (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. PF - Leonard Hughes (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Darrell Darbonne (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:31 | NC State | Derrick Barker is called for 5 seconds | 34-26 |
| Subs | NC State | | |
| Subs | Duke | Michael Crown (SF) Gary Beckham | |
| 11:04 | Duke | Randy Vernon scores on a floater near the basket set up by Michael Crown and the foul's on Benny Silvester - foul #3 on Benny Silvester, team foul #8 | 34-28 |
| Subs | NC State | Pili Mohd (PG) Benny Silvester | |
| Subs | Duke | Timothy Raymond (SF), Thomas Dove (PF) Ivan Wnukowski, Leonard Hughes | |
| 11:04 | Duke | Randy Vernon makes the free throw | 34-29 |
| 10:50 | NC State | Michael Hammond misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 34-29 |
| 10:48 | NC State | Derrick Barker tips it in | 36-29 |
| 10:30 | Duke | Darrell Darbonne drills a jump hook from the baseline set up by Randy Vernon | 36-31 |
| 10:08 | NC State | David Dallas connects on the runner in the lane set up by Pili Mohd out of the doubleteam | 38-31 |
| 09:39 | Duke | Michael Crown blows the layup but the foul's on Lawrence Shaw - foul #2 on Lawrence Shaw, team foul #9 | 38-31 |
| Subs | NC State | Benny Silvester (PG), Russell Farmer (SF), James Cooley (C) Lawrence Shaw, Derrick Barker, David Dallas | |
| Subs | Duke | Gary Beckham (SF), Leonard Hughes (PF), Michael Bell (C) Timothy Raymond, Thomas Dove, Darrell Darbonne | |
| 09:39 | Duke | Michael Crown makes the 1st free throw | 38-32 |
| 09:39 | Duke | Michael Crown misses the 2nd free throw | 38-32 |
| 09:39 | NC State | Michael Hammond snags the defensive board | 38-32 |
| 09:10 | NC State | Pili Mohd misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 38-32 |
| 09:08 | Duke | The rebound goes to Michael Bell | 38-32 |
| 08:52 | Duke | Michael Crown buries a jumpshot from the right side | 38-34 |
| 08:28 | NC State | Benny Silvester is hacked by Gary Beckham - foul #1 on Gary Beckham, team foul #2 | 38-34 |
| Subs | NC State | Derrick Barker (SF) Pili Mohd | |
| Subs | Duke | Timothy Raymond (PG), Ivan Wnukowski (SG) Randy Vernon, Michael Crown | |
| 08:07 | NC State | Leonard Hughes steps in front of the Russell Farmer pass | 38-34 |
| 07:46 | Duke | Gary Beckham throws a bad pass out of bounds | 38-34 |
| Subs | NC State | Lawrence Shaw (SG) Russell Farmer | |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Benny Silvester (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. SG - Lawrence Shaw (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Derrick Barker (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Michael Hammond (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. 4 blk. 4 pf. C - James Cooley (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Timothy Raymond (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Ivan Wnukowski (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Gary Beckham (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. PF - Leonard Hughes (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Michael Bell (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:29 | NC State | Benny Silvester hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left side but he's fouled by Michael Bell - foul #1 on Michael Bell, team foul #3 | 38-34 |
| Subs | NC State | | |
| Subs | Duke | Darrell Darbonne (C) Michael Bell | |
| 07:29 | NC State | Benny Silvester makes the 1st free throw | 39-34 |
| 07:29 | NC State | Benny Silvester makes the 2nd free throw | 40-34 |
| 07:00 | Duke | Leonard Hughes can't connect on a jump hook from the left block | 40-34 |
| 06:59 | NC State | Michael Hammond grabs the board | 40-34 |
| 06:36 | NC State | Michael Hammond works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from straight away | 40-34 |
| 06:34 | Duke | Darrell Darbonne gets the rebound | 40-34 |
| 06:13 | Duke | Leonard Hughes misses badly on a shot from the right side | 40-34 |
| 06:11 | Duke | Gary Beckham tips it home | 40-36 |
| 05:45 | NC State | The short jumper by Benny Silvester is denied by Leonard Hughes | 40-36 |
| 05:44 | Duke | The rebound goes to Leonard Hughes | 40-36 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-5) | |
| 05:27 | Duke | Leonard Hughes is hacked by James Cooley - foul #4 on James Cooley, team foul #10 | 40-36 |
| Subs | NC State | Pili Mohd (PG), Russell Farmer (SF), David Dallas (C) Benny Silvester, Derrick Barker, James Cooley | |
| Subs | Duke | Randy Vernon (PG), Michael Bell (C) Gary Beckham, Darrell Darbonne | |
| 05:27 | Duke | Leonard Hughes misses the 1st free throw | 40-36 |
| 05:27 | Duke | Leonard Hughes misses the 2nd free throw | 40-36 |
| 05:27 | NC State | Michael Hammond gets the rebound | 40-36 |
| 04:58 | NC State | Michael Bell takes the ball from Pili Mohd after a doubleteam | 40-36 |
| 04:45 | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski is fouled on the floor by Lawrence Shaw - foul #3 on Lawrence Shaw, team foul #11 | 40-36 |
| Subs | NC State | Derrick Barker (SF) Lawrence Shaw | |
| Subs | Duke | Thomas Dove (PF) Leonard Hughes | |
| 04:45 | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski makes the 1st free throw | 40-37 |
| 04:45 | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski makes the 2nd free throw | 40-38 |
| 04:25 | NC State | Ivan Wnukowski is called for the reach on Russell Farmer - foul #1 on Ivan Wnukowski, team foul #4 | 40-38 |
| Subs | NC State | | |
| Subs | Duke | Michael Crown (SG), Gary Beckham (SF) Ivan Wnukowski, Timothy Raymond | |
| 04:08 | NC State | Michael Hammond evades the doubleteam and hits a 3 from the left corner | 43-38 |
| 03:58 | Duke | Michael Bell is hacked by David Dallas - foul #2 on David Dallas, team foul #12 | 43-38 |
| Subs | NC State | James Cooley (C) David Dallas | |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| 03:58 | Duke | Michael Bell misses the 1st free throw | 43-38 |
| 03:58 | Duke | Michael Bell misses the 2nd free throw | 43-38 |
| 03:58 | Duke | The offensive rebound goes to Michael Bell | 43-38 |
| 03:42 | Duke | Michael Bell is hacked by James Cooley - foul #5 on James Cooley, team foul #13 | 43-38 |
| Subs | NC State | Lawrence Shaw (SG), David Dallas (C) Derrick Barker, James Cooley | |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| 03:42 | Duke | Michael Bell misses the 1st free throw | 43-38 |
| 03:42 | Duke | Michael Bell makes the 2nd free throw | 43-39 |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Pili Mohd (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Lawrence Shaw (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. SF - Russell Farmer (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Michael Hammond (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. 4 blk. 4 pf. C - David Dallas (fresh) 10 pts. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Randy Vernon (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - Michael Crown (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Gary Beckham (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. PF - Thomas Dove (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Michael Bell (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 03:25 | NC State | Russell Farmer misses the jumpshot from the left side | 43-39 |
| 03:24 | Duke | Gary Beckham pulls down the rebound | 43-39 |
| 03:17 | Duke | Russell Farmer picks off the pass by Gary Beckham | 43-39 |
| 02:53 | NC State | Michael Hammond works out of a doubleteam and scores on a 3 pointer from the right corner on a nice dish by Lawrence Shaw | 46-39 |
| 02:53 | Duke | Duke calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 46-39 |
| Subs | NC State | Benny Silvester (PG), Derrick Barker (SF) Pili Mohd, Russell Farmer | |
| Subs | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski (SG), Leonard Hughes (PF) Michael Crown, Thomas Dove | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-5) | |
| 02:43 | Duke | Leonard Hughes misses the easy layup | 46-39 |
| 02:41 | NC State | Benny Silvester grabs the board | 46-39 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 02:13 | NC State | Michael Hammond is doubleteamed and loses the dribble to Gary Beckham | 46-39 |
| 01:59 | Duke | Michael Bell hits a fadeaway from the right block on a nice dish by Leonard Hughes | 46-41 |
| 01:41 | NC State | Leonard Hughes is called for the reach on Michael Hammond - foul #2 on Leonard Hughes, team foul #5 | 46-41 |
| 01:21 | NC State | David Dallas is hacked by Michael Bell - foul #2 on Michael Bell, team foul #6 | 46-41 |
| 01:08 | NC State | Michael Hammond slams it home over the doubleteam on a nice dish by Derrick Barker and he's fouled by Ivan Wnukowski - foul #2 on Ivan Wnukowski, team foul #7 | 48-41 |
| 01:08 | NC State | Michael Hammond misses the free throw | 48-41 |
| 01:08 | Duke | The rebound goes to Leonard Hughes | 48-41 |
| 00:47 | Duke | Randy Vernon is denied on a layup by Derrick Barker | 48-41 |
| 00:45 | Duke | Leonard Hughes snags the offensive board | 48-41 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:42 | Duke | Michael Bell misses the floater near the basket | 48-41 |
| 00:40 | NC State | Lawrence Shaw grabs the defensive rebound | 48-41 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+1) | |
| 00:37 | NC State | Lawrence Shaw is fouled in the backcourt by Ivan Wnukowski - foul #3 on Ivan Wnukowski, team foul #8 | 48-41 |
| Subs | NC State | Russell Farmer (SF) Derrick Barker | |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| 00:37 | NC State | Lawrence Shaw makes the 1st free throw | 49-41 |
| 00:37 | NC State | Lawrence Shaw makes the 2nd free throw | 50-41 |
| 00:32 | Duke | Gary Beckham hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from straight away | 50-41 |
| 00:31 | NC State | Lawrence Shaw pulls down the rebound | 50-41 |
| 00:31 | NC State | NC State calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 50-41 |
| 00:30 | NC State | Michael Hammond is hacked by Ivan Wnukowski in the backcourt - foul #4 on Ivan Wnukowski, team foul #9 | 50-41 |
| 00:30 | NC State | Michael Hammond makes the 1st free throw | 51-41 |
| 00:30 | NC State | Michael Hammond makes the 2nd free throw | 52-41 |
| 00:23 | Duke | Leonard Hughes lays it up and in on a nice dish by Randy Vernon | 52-43 |
| 00:22 | NC State | Michael Hammond is fouled in the backcourt by Randy Vernon - foul #1 on Randy Vernon, team foul #10 | 52-43 |
| 00:22 | NC State | Michael Hammond makes the 1st free throw | 53-43 |
| 00:22 | NC State | Michael Hammond makes the 2nd free throw | 54-43 |
| 00:16 | Duke | Leonard Hughes banks in the layup | 54-45 |
| 00:16 | NC State | NC State calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 54-45 |
| 00:15 | NC State | Ivan Wnukowski is called for the reach on Russell Farmer in the backcourt - foul #5 on Ivan Wnukowski, team foul #11 | 54-45 |
| Subs | NC State | | |
| Subs | Duke | Michael Crown (SG) Ivan Wnukowski | |
| 00:15 | NC State | Russell Farmer misses the 1st free throw | 54-45 |
| 00:15 | NC State | Russell Farmer makes the 2nd free throw | 55-45 |
| 00:09 | Duke | Randy Vernon drills a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane set up by Michael Crown | 55-47 |
| 00:08 | NC State | Russell Farmer is fouled in the backcourt by Michael Crown - foul #2 on Michael Crown, team foul #12 | 55-47 |
| 00:08 | NC State | Russell Farmer makes the 1st free throw | 56-47 |
| 00:08 | NC State | Russell Farmer misses the 2nd free throw | 56-47 |
| 00:08 | Duke | Michael Crown pulls down the rebound | 56-47 |
| 00:03 | Duke | Michael Crown can't connect on a 3 from the left wing | 56-47 |
| 00:02 | Duke | Leonard Hughes gets the offensive rebound | 56-47 |
| 00:00 | Duke | The clock runs out | 56-47 |