| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Michael Denzer (fresh) SG - Thomas Alcock (fresh) SF - Michael Keitt (fresh) PF - Wayne Pardo (fresh) C - David Owen (fresh) | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Edwin Cassell (fresh) SG - Stephen Updike (fresh) SF - Mike Johnson (fresh) PF - Patrick Lamb (fresh) C - Jared Cameron (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | LSU | Jared Cameron wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:48 | LSU | Edwin Cassell knocks in the floater from the left wing | 0-2 |
| 19:28 | Wake Forest | Michael Keitt hits a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 3-2 |
| 19:13 | LSU | Mike Johnson drills a jumper from the free throw line | 3-4 |
| 18:57 | Wake Forest | Mike Johnson steals it from Michael Keitt | 3-4 |
| 18:45 | LSU | Edwin Cassell is fouled on the floor by Michael Denzer - foul #1 on Michael Denzer, team foul #1 | 3-4 |
| 18:33 | LSU | Jared Cameron misses badly on a jumpshot from the right side | 3-4 |
| 18:32 | Wake Forest | Wayne Pardo grabs the defensive rebound | 3-4 |
| 18:07 | Wake Forest | Mike Johnson is called for the reach on Wayne Pardo - foul #1 on Mike Johnson, team foul #1 | 3-4 |
| 17:38 | Wake Forest | Michael Keitt misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 3-4 |
| 17:37 | LSU | Stephen Updike grabs the defensive rebound | 3-4 |
| 17:16 | LSU | Patrick Lamb's floater is tipped away by David Owen | 3-4 |
| 17:14 | Wake Forest | Michael Keitt snags the defensive board | 3-4 |
| 16:51 | Wake Forest | Michael Keitt can't connect on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 3-4 |
| 16:49 | LSU | The rebound goes to Stephen Updike | 3-4 |
| 16:42 | LSU | Michael Denzer is called for the reach on Edwin Cassell - foul #2 on Michael Denzer, team foul #2 | 3-4 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Thomas Sanders (PG) Michael Denzer | |
| Subs | LSU | Glenn Manning (PG), Wendell Roy (SG), Kurt Haugland (SF), Michael White (PF) Edwin Cassell, Stephen Updike, Mike Johnson, Patrick Lamb | |
| 16:29 | LSU | Glenn Manning misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 3-4 |
| 16:27 | LSU | Wendell Roy gets the offensive rebound | 3-4 |
| 16:20 | LSU | Glenn Manning misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 3-4 |
| 16:19 | LSU | Kurt Haugland snags the offensive board | 3-4 |
| 16:03 | LSU | Glenn Manning hits a 3pt shot from the right corner on a great pass from Wendell Roy | 3-7 |
| 15:35 | Wake Forest | Michael Keitt misses the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on Michael White - foul #1 on Michael White, team foul #2 | 3-7 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| Subs | LSU | Edwin Cassell (PG), Patrick Lamb (PF) Wendell Roy, Jared Cameron | |
| 15:35 | Wake Forest | Michael Keitt makes the 1st free throw | 4-7 |
| 15:35 | Wake Forest | Michael Keitt misses the 2nd free throw | 4-7 |
| 15:35 | LSU | Patrick Lamb gets the rebound | 4-7 |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Thomas Sanders (fresh) SG - Thomas Alcock (fresh) SF - Michael Keitt (fairly fresh) 4 pts. PF - Wayne Pardo (fairly fresh) C - David Owen (fresh) | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Edwin Cassell (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Glenn Manning (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Kurt Haugland (fresh) PF - Patrick Lamb (fresh) C - Michael White (fresh) | |
| 15:21 | LSU | Edwin Cassell misses long on a jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Thomas Sanders - foul #1 on Thomas Sanders, team foul #3 | 4-7 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| Subs | LSU | Stephen Updike (SG), Mike Johnson (SF) Glenn Manning, Kurt Haugland | |
| 15:21 | LSU | Edwin Cassell misses the 1st free throw | 4-7 |
| 15:21 | LSU | Edwin Cassell makes the 2nd free throw | 4-8 |
| 15:03 | Wake Forest | Thomas Alcock clanks a floater from the right wing | 4-8 |
| 15:01 | Wake Forest | Michael Keitt gets the offensive rebound | 4-8 |
| 14:41 | Wake Forest | Michael Keitt hits the front of the rim on the jump hook from the right block but the foul's on Edwin Cassell - foul #1 on Edwin Cassell, team foul #3 | 4-8 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Mike Stagner (SG) Thomas Alcock | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 14:41 | Wake Forest | Michael Keitt misses the 1st free throw | 4-8 |
| 14:41 | Wake Forest | Michael Keitt makes the 2nd free throw | 5-8 |
| 14:22 | LSU | Edwin Cassell hits a 3pt attempt from the right corner set up by Mike Johnson | 5-11 |
| 13:59 | Wake Forest | Michael Keitt misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 5-11 |
| 13:58 | LSU | Patrick Lamb grabs the defensive rebound | 5-11 |
| 13:48 | LSU | Michael Keitt picks off the pass by Edwin Cassell | 5-11 |
| 13:28 | Wake Forest | Michael Keitt misses short on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 5-11 |
| 13:26 | LSU | Stephen Updike snags the defensive board | 5-11 |
| 13:16 | LSU | David Owen blocks the jumper by Stephen Updike | 5-11 |
| 13:15 | Wake Forest | Michael Keitt grabs the defensive rebound | 5-11 |
| 12:46 | Wake Forest | Thomas Sanders is hacked by Patrick Lamb - foul #1 on Patrick Lamb, team foul #4 | 5-11 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Thomas Alcock (SG) Thomas Sanders | |
| Subs | LSU | Glenn Manning (PG), Wendell Roy (SG), Kurt Haugland (SF), Jared Cameron (C) Edwin Cassell, Stephen Updike, Mike Johnson, Michael White | |
| 12:25 | Wake Forest | Michael Keitt buries a 3pt shot from the left corner | 8-11 |
| 12:13 | LSU | Jared Cameron misses long on a jumper from the free throw line | 8-11 |
| 12:11 | Wake Forest | David Owen grabs the defensive rebound | 8-11 |
| 11:52 | Wake Forest | The jump hook by Michael Keitt is blocked by Patrick Lamb | 8-11 |
| 11:50 | LSU | Patrick Lamb pulls down the rebound | 8-11 |
| 11:38 | LSU | Wendell Roy hits a jumper from the left block | 8-13 |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Mike Stagner (fresh) SG - Thomas Alcock (fresh) SF - Michael Keitt (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - Wayne Pardo (fairly fresh) C - David Owen (fairly fresh) 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Glenn Manning (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Wendell Roy (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Kurt Haugland (fresh) PF - Patrick Lamb (fairly fresh) 3 reb. C - Jared Cameron (fresh) | |
| 11:09 | Wake Forest | David Owen is called for a pushoff foul - foul #1 on David Owen, team foul #4 | 8-13 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Thomas Sanders (PG), Edward Bennett (PF) Mike Stagner, Wayne Pardo | |
| Subs | LSU | Edwin Cassell (PG), Stephen Updike (SG), Mike Johnson (SF), Michael White (PF) Glenn Manning, Wendell Roy, Kurt Haugland, Patrick Lamb | |
| 10:52 | LSU | Mike Johnson banks in the layup set up by Stephen Updike | 8-15 |
| 10:28 | Wake Forest | Michael Keitt blows the layup over the doubleteam | 8-15 |
| 10:26 | Wake Forest | Thomas Alcock pulls down the offensive rebound | 8-15 |
| 10:12 | Wake Forest | Thomas Alcock is called for 3 seconds | 8-15 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Mike Stagner (SF) Michael Keitt | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 09:55 | LSU | Stephen Updike is hacked by Thomas Alcock - foul #1 on Thomas Alcock, team foul #5 | 8-15 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Wayne Pardo (PF) David Owen | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 09:42 | LSU | Jared Cameron hits a shot from the free throw line and he's fouled by Thomas Alcock - foul #2 on Thomas Alcock, team foul #6 | 8-17 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Charles Perkins (SF) Thomas Alcock | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 09:42 | LSU | Jared Cameron makes the free throw | 8-18 |
| 09:15 | Wake Forest | Edward Bennett can't finish the layup | 8-18 |
| 09:14 | LSU | Jared Cameron grabs the board | 8-18 |
| 09:03 | LSU | Mike Johnson buries a floater from the right block on a nice dish by Edwin Cassell | 8-20 |
| 08:41 | Wake Forest | Edward Bennett connects on the shot from the left block | 10-20 |
| 08:32 | LSU | Mike Johnson can't connect on a shot from the right block but he's fouled by Wayne Pardo - foul #1 on Wayne Pardo, team foul #7 | 10-20 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Michael Keitt (SF), David Owen (C) Thomas Sanders, Edward Bennett | |
| Subs | LSU | Glenn Manning (SG), Patrick Lamb (PF) Stephen Updike, Jared Cameron | |
| 08:32 | LSU | Mike Johnson misses the 1st free throw | 10-20 |
| 08:32 | LSU | Mike Johnson makes the 2nd free throw | 10-21 |
| 08:18 | Wake Forest | Michael Keitt's pass over a doubleteam is off the mark and out of bounds | 10-21 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| Subs | LSU | Kurt Haugland (SF) Mike Johnson | |
| 08:02 | LSU | Michael White is denied on a layup by Wayne Pardo | 10-21 |
| 08:00 | LSU | Glenn Manning gets the offensive rebound | 10-21 |
| 07:51 | LSU | Patrick Lamb is denied on a layup by Wayne Pardo | 10-21 |
| 07:50 | Wake Forest | David Owen grabs the board | 10-21 |
| 07:48 | Wake Forest | Mike Stagner throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 10-21 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Edward Bennett (PF) Wayne Pardo | |
| Subs | LSU | Wendell Roy (SG) Edwin Cassell | |
| 07:32 | LSU | Patrick Lamb clanks a jumpshot from the right side | 10-21 |
| 07:31 | LSU | Patrick Lamb tips it but misses | 10-21 |
| 07:29 | Wake Forest | David Owen grabs the board | 10-21 |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Mike Stagner (fresh) SG - Charles Perkins (fresh) SF - Michael Keitt (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - Edward Bennett (fresh) 2 pts. C - David Owen (fairly fresh) 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Glenn Manning (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Wendell Roy (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Kurt Haugland (fresh) PF - Patrick Lamb (fresh) 4 reb. C - Michael White (fresh) | |
| 07:07 | Wake Forest | Mike Stagner's pass is intercepted by Kurt Haugland | 10-21 |
| 07:03 | LSU | Edward Bennett is called for the reach on Patrick Lamb - foul #1 on Edward Bennett, team foul #8 | 10-21 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Thomas Sanders (PG) Charles Perkins | |
| Subs | LSU | Stephen Updike (SG), Jared Cameron (C) Wendell Roy, Michael White | |
| 07:03 | LSU | Patrick Lamb makes the 1st free throw | 10-22 |
| 07:03 | LSU | Patrick Lamb makes the 2nd free throw | 10-23 |
| 06:37 | Wake Forest | Edward Bennett misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Glenn Manning - foul #1 on Glenn Manning, team foul #5 | 10-23 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Charles Perkins (SG) Mike Stagner | |
| Subs | LSU | Edwin Cassell (PG), Mike Johnson (SF) Glenn Manning, Patrick Lamb | |
| 06:37 | Wake Forest | Edward Bennett makes the 1st free throw | 11-23 |
| 06:37 | Wake Forest | Edward Bennett makes the 2nd free throw | 12-23 |
| 06:23 | LSU | Mike Johnson is fouled on the floor by Michael Keitt - foul #1 on Michael Keitt, team foul #9 | 12-23 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Wayne Pardo (PF) Edward Bennett | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 06:23 | LSU | Mike Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 12-24 |
| 06:23 | LSU | Mike Johnson makes the 2nd free throw | 12-25 |
| 06:00 | Wake Forest | Wayne Pardo's fadeaway is rejected by Jared Cameron | 12-25 |
| 05:58 | LSU | Stephen Updike gets the rebound | 12-25 |
| 05:42 | LSU | Edwin Cassell misses the fadeaway from the left block but he's hacked by Michael Keitt - foul #2 on Michael Keitt, team foul #10 | 12-25 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Mike Stagner (SG), Edward Bennett (C) Michael Keitt, David Owen | |
| Subs | LSU | Patrick Lamb (PF) Kurt Haugland | |
| 05:42 | LSU | Edwin Cassell makes the 1st free throw | 12-26 |
| 05:42 | LSU | Edwin Cassell makes the 2nd free throw | 12-27 |
| 05:22 | Wake Forest | Thomas Sanders misses the fadeaway from close range | 12-27 |
| 05:20 | LSU | The rebound goes to Edwin Cassell | 12-27 |
| 05:16 | LSU | Charles Perkins steals the ball from Edwin Cassell | 12-27 |
| 05:10 | Wake Forest | Jared Cameron swats the layup by Wayne Pardo | 12-27 |
| 05:08 | Wake Forest | Wayne Pardo tips it but misses | 12-27 |
| 05:07 | Wake Forest | Edward Bennett tips it in | 14-27 |
| 04:43 | LSU | Stephen Updike is called for the offensive foul - foul #1 on Stephen Updike, team foul #6 | 14-27 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | David Owen (C) Wayne Pardo | |
| Subs | LSU | Glenn Manning (SG), Wendell Roy (SF), Michael White (C) Stephen Updike, Mike Johnson, Jared Cameron | |
| 04:20 | Wake Forest | Mike Stagner's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 14-27 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| Subs | LSU | William Backstrom (SF) Edwin Cassell | |
| 04:08 | LSU | Mike Stagner steals the ball from Michael White | 14-27 |
| 04:03 | Wake Forest | Thomas Sanders hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Mike Stagner | 16-27 |
| 03:34 | LSU | William Backstrom comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 16-27 |
| 03:33 | LSU | Patrick Lamb can't tip it in | 16-27 |
| 03:32 | LSU | Glenn Manning grabs the offensive board | 16-27 |
| 03:27 | LSU | Charles Perkins is called for the reach on Glenn Manning - foul #1 on Charles Perkins, team foul #11 | 16-27 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Michael Denzer (PG), Thomas Alcock (SG), Michael Keitt (SF), Wayne Pardo (PF) Mike Stagner, Thomas Sanders, Charles Perkins, Edward Bennett | |
| Subs | LSU | Stephen Updike (SG), Mike Johnson (SF), Jared Cameron (C) Wendell Roy, William Backstrom, Patrick Lamb | |
| 03:27 | LSU | Glenn Manning misses the 1st free throw | 16-27 |
| 03:27 | LSU | Glenn Manning makes the 2nd free throw | 16-28 |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Michael Denzer (fresh) SG - Thomas Alcock (fresh) SF - Michael Keitt (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - Wayne Pardo (fairly fresh) 2 reb. 2 blk. C - David Owen (fairly fresh) 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Glenn Manning (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. SG - Stephen Updike (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Mike Johnson (fresh) 9 pts. PF - Michael White (fresh) C - Jared Cameron (fresh) 3 pts. 2 blk. | |
| 03:08 | Wake Forest | Michael White is called for the reach on Wayne Pardo - foul #2 on Michael White, team foul #7 | 16-28 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| Subs | LSU | Edwin Cassell (PG) Glenn Manning | |
| 03:08 | Wake Forest | Wayne Pardo makes the 1st free throw | 17-28 |
| 03:08 | Wake Forest | Wayne Pardo makes the 2nd free throw | 18-28 |
| 02:53 | LSU | Edwin Cassell scores on a floater from the free throw line | 18-30 |
| 02:25 | Wake Forest | Michael Denzer hits a pull-up jumper from the free throw line set up by Thomas Alcock | 20-30 |
| 02:14 | LSU | Mike Johnson clanks a floater from the left block | 20-30 |
| 02:13 | Wake Forest | David Owen gets the rebound | 20-30 |
| 01:47 | Wake Forest | Michael Keitt buries a jumper from the right wing set up by Michael Denzer | 22-30 |
| 01:43 | LSU | Stephen Updike misses long on a jumper from the left side but he's fouled by David Owen - foul #2 on David Owen, team foul #12 | 22-30 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Edward Bennett (PF), Jeffrey Gates (C) Wayne Pardo, David Owen | |
| Subs | LSU | Patrick Lamb (PF) Jared Cameron | |
| 01:43 | LSU | Stephen Updike makes the 1st free throw | 22-31 |
| 01:43 | LSU | Stephen Updike makes the 2nd free throw | 22-32 |
| 01:28 | Wake Forest | Jeffrey Gates connects on the pull-up jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Thomas Alcock | 24-32 |
| 01:12 | LSU | Edwin Cassell scores on a jump hook from the right block on a great pass from Stephen Updike | 24-34 |
| 00:44 | Wake Forest | Michael Keitt evades the doubleteam and hits a jumpshot from just outside the lane set up by Michael Denzer | 26-34 |
| 00:28 | LSU | Edward Bennett is called for the reach on Patrick Lamb - foul #2 on Edward Bennett, team foul #13 | 26-34 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Thomas Sanders (SF), Wayne Pardo (PF) Michael Keitt, Jeffrey Gates | |
| Subs | LSU | Glenn Manning (PG), Wendell Roy (SG), Kurt Haugland (SF), Jared Cameron (C) Edwin Cassell, Stephen Updike, Mike Johnson, Michael White | |
| 00:28 | LSU | Patrick Lamb makes the 1st free throw | 26-35 |
| 00:28 | LSU | Patrick Lamb makes the 2nd free throw | 26-36 |
| 00:00 | Wake Forest | Edward Bennett comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left side | 26-36 |