| Lineup | NC State | PG - Lester Gibbons (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Joseph Crow (fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. SF - Clyde Bunch (fresh) 2 ast. PF - Dennis Walker (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Samuel Anderson (fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Portland State | PG - Phillip Diggs (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Robert Leffel (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Brian Gilmore (fresh) 1 pts. PF - George Dyer (fresh) 3 reb. C - Ruben Jones (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 20:00 | NC State | Clyde Bunch inbounds the ball | 27-14 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Portland State | Portland State is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:40 | NC State | Brian Gilmore swats the shot by Lester Gibbons | 27-14 |
| 19:38 | Portland State | Robert Leffel grabs the board | 27-14 |
| 19:34 | Portland State | Phillip Diggs misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 27-14 |
| 19:33 | Portland State | Brian Gilmore tips it but misses | 27-14 |
| 19:32 | Portland State | Ruben Jones tips it home | 27-16 |
| 19:05 | NC State | Samuel Anderson's fadeaway is rejected by Ruben Jones | 27-16 |
| 19:03 | NC State | The offensive rebound goes to Samuel Anderson | 27-16 |
| 18:47 | NC State | Joseph Crow buries a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 30-16 |
| 18:28 | Portland State | Brian Gilmore drills a 3pt jumper from the right corner on a great pass from Phillip Diggs | 30-19 |
| 17:59 | NC State | Samuel Anderson misses badly on a fadeaway from close range | 30-19 |
| 17:57 | Portland State | Phillip Diggs grabs the board | 30-19 |
| 17:53 | Portland State | Phillip Diggs makes the 3pt attempt from straight away set up by George Dyer | 30-22 |
| 17:31 | NC State | Joseph Crow buries a driving attempt in the lane on a nice dish by Lester Gibbons and the foul's on Ruben Jones - foul #3 on Ruben Jones, team foul #1 | 32-22 |
| Subs | NC State | Donald Holt (SF) Clyde Bunch | |
| Subs | Portland State | Hugo Mikels (C) Ruben Jones | |
| 17:31 | NC State | Joseph Crow misses the free throw | 32-22 |
| 17:31 | NC State | Dennis Walker gets the offensive rebound | 32-22 |
| 17:06 | NC State | Donald Holt is fouled on the floor by Brian Gilmore - foul #2 on Brian Gilmore, team foul #2 | 32-22 |
| Subs | NC State | John Saunders (C) Samuel Anderson | |
| Subs | Portland State | Vernon Murphy (PG), Michael Mack (SG), Michael Ford (C) Phillip Diggs, Robert Leffel, Brian Gilmore | |
| 16:49 | NC State | Lester Gibbons is fouled on the floor by Hugo Mikels - foul #1 on Hugo Mikels, team foul #3 | 32-22 |
| Subs | NC State | Mark Lofgren (PF) Dennis Walker | |
| Subs | Portland State | Richard Sheppard (C) George Dyer | |
| 16:23 | NC State | Joseph Crow can't connect on a 3pt shot from straight away | 32-22 |
| 16:22 | Portland State | Michael Ford grabs the board | 32-22 |
| 16:05 | Portland State | Michael Mack hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right side but he's hacked by Joseph Crow - foul #1 on Joseph Crow, team foul #1 | 32-22 |
| Subs | NC State | Patrick Garner (SG), Clyde Bunch (SF) Lester Gibbons, Joseph Crow | |
| Subs | Portland State | Phillip Diggs (PG), Brian Gilmore (SF) Vernon Murphy, Richard Sheppard | |
| 16:05 | Portland State | Michael Mack misses the 1st free throw | 32-22 |
| 16:05 | Portland State | Michael Mack misses the 2nd free throw | 32-22 |
| 16:05 | NC State | Mark Lofgren grabs the board | 32-22 |
| 16:02 | NC State | Donald Holt is whistled for traveling in the backcourt | 32-22 |
| Subs | NC State | Samuel Anderson (C) Mark Lofgren | |
| Subs | Portland State | Robert Leffel (SG) Michael Mack | |
| 15:54 | Portland State | Phillip Diggs misses the 3pt jumper from straight away | 32-22 |
| 15:53 | Portland State | Michael Ford grabs the offensive board | 32-22 |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Donald Holt (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. SG - Patrick Garner (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Clyde Bunch (fresh) 2 ast. PF - John Saunders (fresh) 6 reb. C - Samuel Anderson (fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Portland State | PG - Phillip Diggs (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Robert Leffel (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Brian Gilmore (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Hugo Mikels (fresh) 2 reb. C - Michael Ford (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 15:37 | Portland State | Robert Leffel comes up short on the jumper from the right wing | 32-22 |
| 15:35 | NC State | The rebound goes to Patrick Garner | 32-22 |
| 15:13 | NC State | Patrick Garner connects on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 35-22 |
| 14:49 | Portland State | Brian Gilmore loses the dribble to Donald Holt | 35-22 |
| 14:27 | NC State | Samuel Anderson can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 35-22 |
| 14:26 | Portland State | Hugo Mikels pulls down the rebound | 35-22 |
| 14:10 | Portland State | Michael Ford misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 35-22 |
| 14:08 | NC State | Donald Holt gets the rebound | 35-22 |
| 13:51 | NC State | Patrick Garner clanks a 3pt shot from the left wing | 35-22 |
| 13:49 | NC State | Samuel Anderson misses the tip | 35-22 |
| 13:48 | NC State | Clyde Bunch grabs the offensive board | 35-22 |
| 13:30 | NC State | Patrick Garner drills a 3 pointer from the left wing on a nice dish by Clyde Bunch | 38-22 |
| 13:25 | Portland State | Robert Leffel hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 38-22 |
| 13:24 | NC State | Samuel Anderson grabs the defensive rebound | 38-22 |
| 12:55 | NC State | Samuel Anderson buries a fadeaway from the baseline on a great pass from Donald Holt | 40-22 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Portland State | Portland State is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 12:51 | Portland State | Phillip Diggs is hacked by Donald Holt in the backcourt - foul #1 on Donald Holt, team foul #2 | 40-22 |
| Subs | NC State | Lester Gibbons (PG), Joseph Crow (SG), Mark Lofgren (SF), Dennis Walker (PF) Donald Holt, Patrick Garner, Clyde Bunch, John Saunders | |
| Subs | Portland State | Vernon Murphy (PG), Michael Mack (SG), Kevin Mask (SF), George Dyer (PF), Ruben Jones (C) Phillip Diggs, Robert Leffel, Brian Gilmore, Hugo Mikels, Michael Ford | |
| 12:38 | Portland State | Ruben Jones misses the easy layup | 40-22 |
| 12:36 | NC State | Samuel Anderson pulls down the rebound | 40-22 |
| 12:21 | NC State | Samuel Anderson buries a shot from the right block set up by Joseph Crow | 42-22 |
| 12:17 | Portland State | Michael Mack misses long on a jumper from the right wing | 42-22 |
| 12:16 | Portland State | Kevin Mask hits the follow up shot | 42-24 |
| 12:00 | NC State | Joseph Crow misses the 3 from the left wing | 42-24 |
| 11:58 | NC State | Mark Lofgren tips it back up and in | 44-24 |
| 11:42 | Portland State | Ruben Jones misses the dunk attempt but the foul's on Samuel Anderson - foul #1 on Samuel Anderson, team foul #3 | 44-24 |
| 11:42 | Portland State | Ruben Jones makes the 1st free throw | 44-25 |
| 11:42 | Portland State | Ruben Jones makes the 2nd free throw | 44-26 |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Lester Gibbons (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Joseph Crow (fresh) 13 pts. 5 ast. SF - Mark Lofgren (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Dennis Walker (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Samuel Anderson (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Portland State | PG - Vernon Murphy (fresh) SG - Michael Mack (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Kevin Mask (fresh) 2 pts. PF - George Dyer (fresh) 3 reb. C - Ruben Jones (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. 4 blk. 3 pf. | |
| 11:18 | NC State | Samuel Anderson comes up short on the turnaround in the lane but he's fouled by Michael Mack - foul #2 on Michael Mack, team foul #4 | 44-26 |
| 11:18 | NC State | Samuel Anderson makes the 1st free throw | 45-26 |
| 11:18 | NC State | Samuel Anderson makes the 2nd free throw | 46-26 |
| 11:01 | Portland State | Michael Mack knocks in the 3pt shot from the right wing on a great pass from Vernon Murphy | 46-29 |
| 10:53 | NC State | Ruben Jones swats the dunk try by Samuel Anderson | 46-29 |
| 10:51 | NC State | Joseph Crow grabs the offensive board | 46-29 |
| 10:39 | NC State | Joseph Crow comes up short on the fadeaway from the right block | 46-29 |
| 10:37 | Portland State | Ruben Jones gets the rebound | 46-29 |
| 10:19 | Portland State | Kevin Mask hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 46-29 |
| 10:18 | Portland State | Ruben Jones tips it but misses | 46-29 |
| 10:16 | NC State | Dennis Walker snags the defensive board | 46-29 |
| 09:56 | NC State | Joseph Crow knocks in the fadeaway from the right block and the foul's on Michael Mack - foul #3 on Michael Mack, team foul #5 | 48-29 |
| Subs | NC State | Clyde Bunch (SF), John Saunders (C) Mark Lofgren, Samuel Anderson | |
| Subs | Portland State | Phillip Diggs (PG), Robert Leffel (SG), Brian Gilmore (SF), Hugo Mikels (C) Vernon Murphy, Michael Mack, Kevin Mask, Ruben Jones | |
| 09:56 | NC State | Joseph Crow makes the free throw | 49-29 |
| 09:40 | Portland State | Robert Leffel hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left wing but the foul's on Joseph Crow - foul #2 on Joseph Crow, team foul #4 | 49-29 |
| Subs | NC State | Adam Ayers (PF) Dennis Walker | |
| Subs | Portland State | Michael Ford (C) George Dyer | |
| 09:40 | Portland State | Robert Leffel misses the 1st free throw | 49-29 |
| 09:40 | Portland State | Robert Leffel makes the 2nd free throw | 49-30 |
| 09:21 | NC State | Robert Leffel picks off the pass by Adam Ayers | 49-30 |
| 09:16 | Portland State | Robert Leffel hits the finger roll | 49-32 |
| 08:50 | NC State | Joseph Crow can't connect on a shot from the right wing | 49-32 |
| 08:49 | Portland State | Phillip Diggs snags the defensive board | 49-32 |
| 08:44 | Portland State | John Saunders steals the ball from Brian Gilmore | 49-32 |
| 08:15 | NC State | Joseph Crow misses the easy layup | 49-32 |
| 08:14 | NC State | John Saunders pulls down the offensive rebound | 49-32 |
| 07:59 | NC State | Adam Ayers clanks a fadeaway in the lane but he's fouled by Hugo Mikels - foul #2 on Hugo Mikels, team foul #6 | 49-32 |
| Subs | NC State | Patrick Garner (SG), Donald Holt (SF), Dennis Walker (C) Joseph Crow, Clyde Bunch, John Saunders | |
| Subs | Portland State | George Dyer (PF), Ruben Jones (C) Hugo Mikels, Michael Ford | |
| 07:59 | NC State | Adam Ayers makes the 1st free throw | 50-32 |
| 07:59 | NC State | Adam Ayers makes the 2nd free throw | 51-32 |
| 07:43 | Portland State | Ruben Jones makes the floater from the baseline | 51-34 |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Lester Gibbons (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SG - Patrick Garner (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Donald Holt (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. PF - Adam Ayers (fresh) 2 pts. C - Dennis Walker (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Portland State | PG - Phillip Diggs (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Robert Leffel (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Brian Gilmore (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - George Dyer (fresh) 3 reb. C - Ruben Jones (fresh) 10 pts. 7 reb. 5 blk. 3 pf. | |
| 07:29 | NC State | Patrick Garner misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 51-34 |
| 07:28 | Portland State | Phillip Diggs snags the defensive board | 51-34 |
| 07:24 | Portland State | Robert Leffel hits a fadeaway jumper from the left side set up by Phillip Diggs | 51-36 |
| 06:58 | NC State | Patrick Garner misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 51-36 |
| 06:56 | Portland State | George Dyer grabs the defensive rebound | 51-36 |
| 06:48 | Portland State | Ruben Jones's floater is tipped away by Adam Ayers | 51-36 |
| 06:47 | NC State | Donald Holt pulls down the rebound | 51-36 |
| 06:18 | NC State | Patrick Garner is hacked by Robert Leffel - foul #3 on Robert Leffel, team foul #7 | 51-36 |
| Subs | NC State | Joseph Crow (PG), John Saunders (C) Lester Gibbons, Adam Ayers | |
| Subs | Portland State | Vernon Murphy (PG), Michael Mack (SG), Hugo Mikels (SF), Michael Ford (C) Phillip Diggs, Robert Leffel, Brian Gilmore, Ruben Jones | |
| 06:18 | NC State | Patrick Garner makes the 1st free throw | 52-36 |
| 06:18 | NC State | Patrick Garner makes the 2nd free throw | 53-36 |
| 06:05 | Portland State | Vernon Murphy misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 53-36 |
| 06:04 | Portland State | Hugo Mikels snags the offensive board | 53-36 |
| 05:54 | Portland State | Hugo Mikels's pass is intercepted by Donald Holt | 53-36 |
| 05:26 | NC State | Michael Mack is called for the reach on Patrick Garner - foul #4 on Michael Mack, team foul #8 | 53-36 |
| Subs | NC State | Mark Lofgren (SF), Adam Ayers (PF) Joseph Crow, Dennis Walker | |
| Subs | Portland State | Richard Sheppard (C) George Dyer | |
| 05:26 | NC State | Patrick Garner misses the 1st free throw | 53-36 |
| 05:26 | Portland State | Richard Sheppard gets the rebound | 53-36 |
| 05:21 | Portland State | Michael Mack misses the easy layup | 53-36 |
| 05:20 | NC State | Adam Ayers pulls down the rebound | 53-36 |
| 04:55 | NC State | Adam Ayers misses the dunk | 53-36 |
| 04:54 | Portland State | Vernon Murphy grabs the defensive rebound | 53-36 |
| 04:50 | Portland State | John Saunders blocks the short jumper by Michael Mack | 53-36 |
| 04:48 | Portland State | Michael Ford tips it but misses | 53-36 |
| 04:46 | NC State | Mark Lofgren snags the defensive board | 53-36 |
| 04:39 | NC State | Patrick Garner comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 53-36 |
| 04:37 | NC State | Adam Ayers snags the offensive board | 53-36 |
| 04:23 | NC State | Patrick Garner misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 53-36 |
| 04:21 | Portland State | Hugo Mikels grabs the board | 53-36 |
| 04:16 | Portland State | Vernon Murphy comes up short on the floater from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Patrick Garner - foul #1 on Patrick Garner, team foul #5 | 53-36 |
| 04:16 | Portland State | Vernon Murphy makes the 1st free throw | 53-37 |
| 04:16 | Portland State | Vernon Murphy misses the 2nd free throw | 53-37 |
| 04:16 | NC State | Adam Ayers grabs the defensive rebound | 53-37 |
| 03:52 | NC State | Adam Ayers can't throw it down | 53-37 |
| 03:50 | NC State | Adam Ayers tips it home | 55-37 |
| 03:40 | Portland State | Donald Holt steals it from Richard Sheppard | 55-37 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Portland State | Portland State is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Donald Holt (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. 4 stl. SG - Patrick Garner (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SF - Mark Lofgren (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Adam Ayers (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - John Saunders (fairly fresh) 7 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Portland State | PG - Vernon Murphy (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael Mack (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. 4 pf. SF - Hugo Mikels (fresh) 5 reb. PF - Michael Ford (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Richard Sheppard (fresh) | |
| 03:27 | NC State | Adam Ayers banks in the layup and he's fouled by Michael Ford - foul #1 on Michael Ford, team foul #9 | 57-37 |
| Subs | NC State | | |
| Subs | Portland State | Don Rogers (SG), Kevin Mask (SF) Michael Mack, Michael Ford | |
| 03:27 | NC State | Adam Ayers makes the free throw | 58-37 |
| 03:07 | Portland State | Hugo Mikels buries a 3 pointer from the right corner | 58-40 |
| 02:42 | NC State | Patrick Garner double dribbles | 58-40 |
| Subs | NC State | | |
| Subs | Portland State | Michael Ford (C) Richard Sheppard | |
| 02:25 | Portland State | Hugo Mikels lays it up and in set up by Kevin Mask | 58-42 |
| 02:01 | NC State | Patrick Garner misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 58-42 |
| 01:59 | NC State | Mark Lofgren can't tip it in | 58-42 |
| 01:57 | Portland State | Michael Ford grabs the defensive rebound | 58-42 |
| 01:51 | Portland State | Don Rogers loses the dribble to Mark Lofgren | 58-42 |
| 01:37 | NC State | Adam Ayers buries a runner near the basket | 60-42 |
| 01:13 | Portland State | Hugo Mikels misses long on a fadeaway in the paint but the foul's on Adam Ayers - foul #1 on Adam Ayers, team foul #6 | 60-42 |
| Subs | NC State | | |
| Subs | Portland State | Michael Mack (SG), Richard Sheppard (C) Don Rogers, Kevin Mask | |
| 01:13 | Portland State | Hugo Mikels makes the 1st free throw | 60-43 |
| 01:13 | Portland State | Hugo Mikels makes the 2nd free throw | 60-44 |
| 00:44 | NC State | Vernon Murphy is called for the reach on Donald Holt - foul #1 on Vernon Murphy, team foul #10 | 60-44 |
| 00:44 | NC State | Donald Holt makes the 1st free throw | 61-44 |
| 00:44 | NC State | Donald Holt makes the 2nd free throw | 62-44 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Portland State | Portland State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:37 | Portland State | Richard Sheppard misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 62-44 |
| 00:35 | NC State | Adam Ayers grabs the defensive rebound | 62-44 |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Portland State | Portland State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:10 | NC State | Adam Ayers dunks the ball | 64-44 |
| 00:05 | Portland State | Vernon Murphy knocks in the 3 pointer from the right corner | 64-47 |
| 00:00 | NC State | Donald Holt runs out the clock | 64-47 |