| Lineup | NC State | PG - Benny Silvester (fresh) SG - Pili Mohd (fresh) SF - Derrick Barker (fresh) PF - Michael Hammond (fresh) C - David Dallas (fresh) | |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Walter Peterson (fresh) SG - Bernard Farish (fresh) SF - Ralph Sherrod (fresh) PF - Wesley Pearce (fresh) C - Wilber Lindley (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | North Carolina | Wilber Lindley wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 19:32 | North Carolina | Wesley Pearce clanks a jumpshot from the left wing | 0-0 |
| 19:31 | NC State | Michael Hammond snags the defensive board | 0-0 |
| 19:07 | NC State | Benny Silvester misses badly on a floater from the right side | 0-0 |
| 19:06 | North Carolina | The rebound goes to Bernard Farish | 0-0 |
| 19:04 | North Carolina | Walter Peterson double dribbles in the backcourt | 0-0 |
| 18:39 | NC State | Benny Silvester throws a bad pass out of bounds | 0-0 |
| 18:20 | North Carolina | Bernard Farish hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 0-0 |
| 18:18 | North Carolina | Wilber Lindley grabs the offensive board | 0-0 |
| 18:05 | North Carolina | Bernard Farish hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 0-0 |
| 18:03 | NC State | Michael Hammond grabs the defensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 17:46 | NC State | David Dallas is hacked by Ralph Sherrod - foul #1 on Ralph Sherrod, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 17:17 | NC State | Benny Silvester buries a driving attempt in the lane | 2-0 |
| 16:55 | North Carolina | Bernard Farish is called for a charge - foul #1 on Bernard Farish, team foul #2 | 2-0 |
| 16:35 | NC State | Michael Hammond misses short on a jumpshot from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Ralph Sherrod - foul #2 on Ralph Sherrod, team foul #3 | 2-0 |
| Subs | NC State | | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Elmer Carlile (SF) Ralph Sherrod | |
| 16:35 | NC State | Michael Hammond misses the 1st free throw | 2-0 |
| 16:35 | NC State | Michael Hammond makes the 2nd free throw | 3-0 |
| 16:09 | North Carolina | Elmer Carlile misses long on a 3 from straight away | 3-0 |
| 16:07 | NC State | Pili Mohd grabs the board | 3-0 |
| 15:46 | NC State | Benny Silvester's floater is tipped away by Wesley Pearce | 3-0 |
| 15:44 | North Carolina | Wilber Lindley grabs the defensive rebound | 3-0 |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Benny Silvester (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Pili Mohd (fresh) SF - Derrick Barker (fresh) PF - Michael Hammond (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. C - David Dallas (fresh) | |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Walter Peterson (fresh) SG - Bernard Farish (fresh) SF - Elmer Carlile (fresh) PF - Wesley Pearce (fresh) C - Wilber Lindley (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 15:16 | North Carolina | Elmer Carlile connects on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 3-3 |
| 14:47 | NC State | Pili Mohd throws a bad pass out of bounds | 3-3 |
| Subs | NC State | Lawrence Shaw (SG), Russell Farmer (SF) Pili Mohd, Derrick Barker | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Wayne Lively (PG), Robert Basquez (PF), Eric Wick (C) Walter Peterson, Wesley Pearce, Wilber Lindley | |
| 14:24 | North Carolina | Bernard Farish makes the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Wayne Lively | 3-5 |
| 13:55 | NC State | David Dallas is fouled on the floor by Eric Wick - foul #1 on Eric Wick, team foul #4 | 3-5 |
| Subs | NC State | James Cooley (PF) Michael Hammond | |
| Subs | North Carolina | | |
| 13:38 | NC State | Benny Silvester misses the jumper from just outside the lane | 3-5 |
| 13:36 | North Carolina | Wayne Lively grabs the defensive rebound | 3-5 |
| 13:20 | North Carolina | Robert Basquez misses badly on a floater from the left wing | 3-5 |
| 13:18 | NC State | Lawrence Shaw pulls down the rebound | 3-5 |
| 13:01 | NC State | Benny Silvester scores on a floater from the left wing on a nice dish by David Dallas and he's hacked by Eric Wick - foul #2 on Eric Wick, team foul #5 | 5-5 |
| Subs | NC State | Pili Mohd (SG), Derrick Barker (SF), Michael Hammond (PF) Lawrence Shaw, Russell Farmer, James Cooley | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Walter Peterson (PG), Wesley Pearce (PF), Wilber Lindley (C) Wayne Lively, Bernard Farish, Eric Wick | |
| 13:01 | NC State | Benny Silvester misses the free throw | 5-5 |
| 13:01 | North Carolina | Wilber Lindley pulls down the rebound | 5-5 |
| 12:43 | North Carolina | Elmer Carlile hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 5-5 |
| 12:42 | NC State | Benny Silvester snags the defensive board | 5-5 |
| 12:21 | NC State | Michael Hammond travels with the ball | 5-5 |
| Subs | NC State | Lawrence Shaw (SG) Benny Silvester | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Bernard Farish (SG) Elmer Carlile | |
| 11:58 | North Carolina | Derrick Barker denies the turnaround by Wesley Pearce | 5-5 |
| 11:56 | North Carolina | Robert Basquez gets the offensive rebound | 5-5 |
| 11:30 | North Carolina | Walter Peterson misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 5-5 |
| 11:29 | NC State | Michael Hammond snags the defensive board | 5-5 |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Pili Mohd (fresh) SG - Lawrence Shaw (fresh) SF - Derrick Barker (fresh) PF - Michael Hammond (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. C - David Dallas (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Walter Peterson (fresh) SG - Bernard Farish (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Robert Basquez (fairly fresh) PF - Wesley Pearce (fresh) C - Wilber Lindley (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 11:10 | NC State | Michael Hammond misses the dunk | 5-5 |
| 11:09 | North Carolina | Wesley Pearce grabs the defensive rebound | 5-5 |
| 11:04 | North Carolina | Bernard Farish hits a 3pt shot from straight away | 5-8 |
| 10:35 | NC State | Wesley Pearce blocks the jumper by Michael Hammond | 5-8 |
| 10:34 | NC State | The offensive rebound goes to Lawrence Shaw | 5-8 |
| 10:11 | NC State | Michael Hammond is fouled on the floor by Wesley Pearce - foul #1 on Wesley Pearce, team foul #6 | 5-8 |
| Subs | NC State | James Cooley (PF), Robert Cole (C) Michael Hammond, David Dallas | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Elmer Carlile (SF) Robert Basquez | |
| 09:47 | NC State | Pili Mohd misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 5-8 |
| 09:46 | North Carolina | Bernard Farish grabs the defensive rebound | 5-8 |
| 09:29 | North Carolina | Wesley Pearce buries a jumper in the lane on a nice dish by Walter Peterson and he's fouled by James Cooley - foul #1 on James Cooley, team foul #1 | 5-10 |
| Subs | NC State | Benny Silvester (PG), Russell Farmer (SF) Pili Mohd, Derrick Barker | |
| Subs | North Carolina | | |
| 09:29 | North Carolina | Wesley Pearce misses the free throw | 5-10 |
| 09:29 | North Carolina | Wilber Lindley grabs the offensive rebound | 5-10 |
| 09:10 | North Carolina | Wesley Pearce misses the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 5-10 |
| 09:08 | North Carolina | Wesley Pearce snags the offensive board | 5-10 |
| 08:45 | North Carolina | James Cooley steals it from Wesley Pearce | 5-10 |
| 08:30 | NC State | Benny Silvester misses the jumper from the right block but he's hacked by Walter Peterson - foul #1 on Walter Peterson, team foul #7 | 5-10 |
| Subs | NC State | Derrick Barker (SF), Michael Hammond (PF), David Dallas (C) Lawrence Shaw, James Cooley, Robert Cole | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Wayne Lively (PG) Walter Peterson | |
| 08:30 | NC State | Benny Silvester misses the 1st free throw | 5-10 |
| 08:30 | NC State | Benny Silvester makes the 2nd free throw | 6-10 |
| 08:11 | North Carolina | Elmer Carlile makes the 3pt shot from the left corner | 6-13 |
| 07:43 | NC State | Michael Hammond comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 6-13 |
| 07:41 | NC State | Benny Silvester misses the tip | 6-13 |
| 07:39 | NC State | The offensive rebound goes to Michael Hammond | 6-13 |
| 07:18 | NC State | Benny Silvester comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 6-13 |
| 07:16 | North Carolina | The rebound goes to Elmer Carlile | 6-13 |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Benny Silvester (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. SG - Russell Farmer (fresh) SF - Derrick Barker (fresh) PF - Michael Hammond (fresh) 1 pts. 4 reb. C - David Dallas (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Wayne Lively (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Bernard Farish (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - Elmer Carlile (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Wesley Pearce (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. C - Wilber Lindley (fairly fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 07:02 | North Carolina | Wayne Lively buries a shot from the left side set up by Wesley Pearce | 6-15 |
| 06:52 | NC State | Russell Farmer buries a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Benny Silvester | 8-15 |
| 06:32 | North Carolina | Wesley Pearce clanks a jump hook from the baseline | 8-15 |
| 06:30 | NC State | Michael Hammond grabs the defensive rebound | 8-15 |
| 06:02 | NC State | Benny Silvester knocks in the jump hook near the basket | 10-15 |
| 05:33 | North Carolina | Elmer Carlile clanks a 3 from the left corner | 10-15 |
| 05:32 | North Carolina | Bernard Farish tips it back up and in | 10-17 |
| 05:06 | NC State | David Dallas is fouled on the floor by Wilber Lindley - foul #1 on Wilber Lindley, team foul #8 | 10-17 |
| Subs | NC State | Pili Mohd (PG), Lawrence Shaw (SG) Benny Silvester, Russell Farmer | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Walter Peterson (PG), Robert Basquez (PF) Wayne Lively, Wesley Pearce | |
| 05:06 | NC State | David Dallas misses the 1st free throw | 10-17 |
| 05:06 | North Carolina | Wilber Lindley snags the defensive board | 10-17 |
| 04:38 | North Carolina | Elmer Carlile connects on the jumpshot from the right side on a great pass from Bernard Farish | 10-19 |
| 04:21 | NC State | Pili Mohd misses long on a 3 from straight away | 10-19 |
| 04:20 | North Carolina | Wilber Lindley snags the defensive board | 10-19 |
| 03:54 | North Carolina | Elmer Carlile misses short on a floater from the left wing but he's hacked by Michael Hammond - foul #1 on Michael Hammond, team foul #2 | 10-19 |
| Subs | NC State | Russell Farmer (SF), James Cooley (C) Derrick Barker, David Dallas | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Ralph Sherrod (SF), Eric Wick (C) Bernard Farish, Wilber Lindley | |
| 03:54 | North Carolina | Elmer Carlile makes the 1st free throw | 10-20 |
| 03:54 | North Carolina | Elmer Carlile makes the 2nd free throw | 10-21 |
| 03:37 | NC State | James Cooley clanks a fadeaway from the left wing | 10-21 |
| 03:36 | North Carolina | Eric Wick grabs the defensive rebound | 10-21 |
| 03:15 | North Carolina | Elmer Carlile's floater is knocked away by Michael Hammond | 10-21 |
| 03:13 | North Carolina | Ralph Sherrod grabs the offensive rebound | 10-21 |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Pili Mohd (fresh) SG - Lawrence Shaw (fresh) 2 reb. SF - Russell Farmer (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Michael Hammond (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 5 reb. C - James Cooley (fresh) | |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Walter Peterson (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Elmer Carlile (fairly fresh) 10 pts. SF - Ralph Sherrod (fresh) PF - Robert Basquez (fresh) C - Eric Wick (fresh) | |
| 02:50 | North Carolina | Elmer Carlile makes the jumpshot from the right side on a great pass from Walter Peterson | 10-23 |
| 02:25 | NC State | Pili Mohd loses the dribble to Walter Peterson | 10-23 |
| 02:22 | North Carolina | Elmer Carlile lays it up and in on a great pass from Walter Peterson | 10-25 |
| 01:54 | NC State | Pili Mohd makes the 3pt jumper from straight away set up by Michael Hammond | 13-25 |
| 01:39 | North Carolina | Walter Peterson misses long on a 3 from the left wing | 13-25 |
| 01:38 | NC State | James Cooley gets the rebound | 13-25 |
| 01:15 | NC State | James Cooley buries a jumper from the right wing set up by Lawrence Shaw | 15-25 |
| 00:53 | North Carolina | Eric Wick hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the free throw line | 15-25 |
| 00:52 | NC State | Michael Hammond snags the defensive board | 15-25 |
| 00:28 | NC State | Michael Hammond is fouled on the floor by Robert Basquez - foul #1 on Robert Basquez, team foul #9 | 15-25 |
| Subs | NC State | Benny Silvester (PG), Derrick Barker (SF), David Dallas (C) Lawrence Shaw, Russell Farmer, James Cooley | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Wayne Lively (PG), Bernard Farish (SG), Wesley Pearce (PF) Walter Peterson, Elmer Carlile, Robert Basquez | |
| 00:28 | NC State | Michael Hammond makes the 1st free throw | 16-25 |
| 00:28 | NC State | Michael Hammond makes the 2nd free throw | 17-25 |
| 00:05 | North Carolina | Wayne Lively connects on the 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by Bernard Farish | 17-28 |
| 00:00 | NC State | David Dallas makes the jumper from close range | 19-28 |