| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Gary Johnson (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SG - Arthur Costa (fresh) 4 reb. SF - Bill Pearlstein (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Hu Chio (fresh) 4 pts. C - Richard Nichols (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - James Little (fresh) SG - Linwood Shimer (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Ross Bernard (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. PF - Ricky Brown (fresh) C - Robert Tucker (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Wake Forest | Bill Pearlstein inbounds the ball | 25-26 |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-5) | |
| 19:35 | Wake Forest | Bill Pearlstein throws a bad pass out of bounds | 25-26 |
| 19:06 | Duke | Linwood Shimer can't finish the layup against a doubleteam | 25-26 |
| 19:05 | Wake Forest | Richard Nichols gets the rebound | 25-26 |
| 18:45 | Wake Forest | Hu Chio connects on the shot from the free throw line set up by Arthur Costa | 27-26 |
| 18:24 | Duke | Ricky Brown's pass is intercepted by Bill Pearlstein | 27-26 |
| 18:08 | Wake Forest | Gary Johnson can't connect on a floater from the left side | 27-26 |
| 18:07 | Duke | Ross Bernard pulls down the rebound | 27-26 |
| 18:03 | Duke | Ross Bernard travels with the ball | 27-26 |
| 17:40 | Wake Forest | Gary Johnson knocks in the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane set up by Arthur Costa | 29-26 |
| 17:23 | Duke | Ross Bernard comes up short on the jumper in the paint | 29-26 |
| 17:21 | Duke | Ricky Brown can't tip it in | 29-26 |
| 17:19 | Wake Forest | Hu Chio pulls down the rebound | 29-26 |
| 16:50 | Wake Forest | Hu Chio misses short on a jumpshot from the right side but he's fouled by Robert Tucker - foul #2 on Robert Tucker, team foul #1 | 29-26 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| Subs | Duke | Oscar Silva (PF), Richard Roosevelt (C) Ricky Brown, Robert Tucker | |
| 16:50 | Wake Forest | Hu Chio makes the 1st free throw | 30-26 |
| 16:50 | Wake Forest | Hu Chio makes the 2nd free throw | 31-26 |
| 16:34 | Duke | Bill Pearlstein picks off the pass by Richard Roosevelt | 31-26 |
| 16:30 | Wake Forest | Bill Pearlstein blows the layup | 31-26 |
| 16:28 | Wake Forest | Bill Pearlstein tips it but misses | 31-26 |
| 16:26 | Wake Forest | The offensive rebound goes to Gary Johnson | 31-26 |
| 16:11 | Wake Forest | Gary Johnson drills a fadeaway from the right wing on a nice dish by Arthur Costa | 33-26 |
| 15:52 | Duke | Ross Bernard clanks a fadeaway in the lane | 33-26 |
| 15:51 | Duke | Ross Bernard gets the offensive rebound | 33-26 |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Gary Johnson (fresh) 15 pts. 2 ast. SG - Arthur Costa (fairly fresh) 4 reb. SF - Bill Pearlstein (fairly fresh) 1 ast. 2 stl. PF - Hu Chio (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. C - Richard Nichols (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - James Little (fairly fresh) SG - Linwood Shimer (fairly fresh) 7 pts. SF - Ross Bernard (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. PF - Oscar Silva (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Richard Roosevelt (fresh) | |
| 15:40 | Duke | Ross Bernard buries a jumpshot from just outside the lane set up by James Little | 33-28 |
| 15:29 | Wake Forest | Richard Nichols makes the floater near the basket on a nice dish by Hu Chio and the foul's on Oscar Silva - foul #1 on Oscar Silva, team foul #2 | 35-28 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| Subs | Duke | Gary Cox (PG), Robert Tucker (C) James Little, Richard Roosevelt | |
| 15:29 | Wake Forest | Richard Nichols makes the free throw | 36-28 |
| 15:10 | Duke | Linwood Shimer splits the doubleteam and buries a fadeaway from the left wing on a great pass from Oscar Silva | 36-30 |
| 14:49 | Wake Forest | Arthur Costa misses the jumpshot from the right wing | 36-30 |
| 14:48 | Duke | Robert Tucker grabs the board | 36-30 |
| 14:22 | Duke | Oscar Silva hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 36-30 |
| 14:20 | Duke | Oscar Silva grabs the offensive rebound | 36-30 |
| 14:08 | Duke | Linwood Shimer works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by Arthur Costa - foul #3 on Arthur Costa, team foul #1 | 36-30 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| Subs | Duke | Ricky Brown (PF) Oscar Silva | |
| 14:08 | Duke | Linwood Shimer makes the 1st free throw | 36-31 |
| 14:08 | Duke | Linwood Shimer makes the 2nd free throw | 36-32 |
| 13:54 | Wake Forest | Hu Chio misses the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 36-32 |
| 13:52 | Wake Forest | Hu Chio snags the offensive board | 36-32 |
| 13:36 | Wake Forest | Arthur Costa knocks in the jumpshot from the left wing set up by Gary Johnson and he's fouled by Robert Tucker - foul #3 on Robert Tucker, team foul #3 | 38-32 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| Subs | Duke | James Little (PG), Richard Roosevelt (C) Gary Cox, Robert Tucker | |
| 13:36 | Wake Forest | Arthur Costa makes the free throw | 39-32 |
| 13:27 | Duke | Ross Bernard makes the shot from just outside the lane set up by James Little | 39-34 |
| 13:03 | Wake Forest | Ricky Brown is called for the reach on Bill Pearlstein - foul #2 on Ricky Brown, team foul #4 | 39-34 |
| 12:42 | Wake Forest | Gary Johnson knocks in the turnaround from close range on a great pass from Hu Chio and he's hacked by Ricky Brown - foul #3 on Ricky Brown, team foul #5 | 41-34 |
| 12:42 | Wake Forest | Gary Johnson makes the free throw | 42-34 |
| 12:14 | Duke | Ricky Brown is hacked by Richard Nichols - foul #2 on Richard Nichols, team foul #2 | 42-34 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| Subs | Duke | Robert Tucker (C) Richard Roosevelt | |
| 11:54 | Duke | Bill Pearlstein steals it from Linwood Shimer out of a doubleteam | 42-34 |
| 11:50 | Wake Forest | Arthur Costa misses the easy layup | 42-34 |
| 11:49 | Duke | James Little grabs the defensive rebound | 42-34 |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Gary Johnson (fairly fresh) 18 pts. 3 ast. SG - Arthur Costa (tiring) 3 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. SF - Bill Pearlstein (fairly fresh) 1 ast. 3 stl. PF - Hu Chio (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. C - Richard Nichols (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - James Little (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Linwood Shimer (fairly fresh) 11 pts. SF - Ross Bernard (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. PF - Ricky Brown (fresh) 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Robert Tucker (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 11:43 | Duke | Robert Tucker comes up short on the jump hook from the left block | 42-34 |
| 11:42 | Wake Forest | Richard Nichols pulls down the rebound | 42-34 |
| 11:30 | Wake Forest | Gary Johnson misses short on a floater from the right wing but the foul's on James Little - foul #2 on James Little, team foul #6 | 42-34 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Brian Register (SG), Nathan Penix (SF), Andre Arakaki (C) Arthur Costa, Bill Pearlstein, Richard Nichols | |
| Subs | Duke | Gary Cox (SG), Oscar Silva (SF), Richard Roosevelt (PF) Linwood Shimer, Ross Bernard, Ricky Brown | |
| 11:30 | Wake Forest | Gary Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 43-34 |
| 11:30 | Wake Forest | Gary Johnson makes the 2nd free throw | 44-34 |
| 11:04 | Duke | James Little knocks in the jumper from the baseline | 44-36 |
| 10:49 | Wake Forest | Nathan Penix's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 44-36 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Jason Hutchinson (C) Hu Chio | |
| Subs | Duke | Richard Labarre (SG) James Little | |
| 10:33 | Duke | Oscar Silva hits the front of the rim on the jump hook in the paint but he's fouled by Nathan Penix - foul #1 on Nathan Penix, team foul #3 | 44-36 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Bill Pearlstein (SF) Nathan Penix | |
| Subs | Duke | Linwood Shimer (SG), Ross Bernard (SF) Richard Labarre, Richard Roosevelt | |
| 10:33 | Duke | Oscar Silva makes the 1st free throw | 44-37 |
| 10:33 | Duke | Oscar Silva misses the 2nd free throw | 44-37 |
| 10:33 | Wake Forest | Andre Arakaki grabs the board | 44-37 |
| 10:15 | Wake Forest | Andre Arakaki clanks a fadeaway from the right wing but the foul's on Ross Bernard - foul #2 on Ross Bernard, team foul #7 | 44-37 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Richard Nichols (C) Jason Hutchinson | |
| Subs | Duke | Richard Roosevelt (C) Robert Tucker | |
| 10:15 | Wake Forest | Andre Arakaki misses the 1st free throw | 44-37 |
| 10:15 | Wake Forest | Andre Arakaki misses the 2nd free throw | 44-37 |
| 10:15 | Duke | Ross Bernard snags the defensive board | 44-37 |
| 09:54 | Duke | Linwood Shimer clanks a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 44-37 |
| 09:52 | Duke | Oscar Silva hits the follow up shot | 44-39 |
| 09:23 | Wake Forest | Gary Johnson hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 44-39 |
| 09:22 | Duke | Oscar Silva pulls down the rebound | 44-39 |
| 08:57 | Duke | Oscar Silva lays it in uncontested | 44-41 |
| 08:28 | Wake Forest | Richard Nichols drills a turnaround in the paint on a nice dish by Bill Pearlstein | 46-41 |
| 08:02 | Duke | Richard Roosevelt travels with the ball | 46-41 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Arthur Costa (SG), Nathan Penix (SF), Hu Chio (PF), Jason Hutchinson (C) Brian Register, Bill Pearlstein, Andre Arakaki, Richard Nichols | |
| Subs | Duke | James Little (PG), Ricky Brown (PF), Robert Tucker (C) Linwood Shimer, Ross Bernard, Richard Roosevelt | |
| 08:00 | Wake Forest | Gary Cox picks off the pass by Gary Johnson in the backcourt | 46-41 |
| 07:59 | Duke | James Little blows the layup | 46-41 |
| 07:58 | Duke | Gary Cox grabs the offensive board | 46-41 |
| 07:43 | Duke | Gary Cox clanks a jumpshot from the left wing | 46-41 |
| 07:41 | Wake Forest | Jason Hutchinson snags the defensive board | 46-41 |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Gary Johnson (tiring) 20 pts. 3 ast. SG - Arthur Costa (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. SF - Nathan Penix (fresh) PF - Hu Chio (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. C - Jason Hutchinson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - James Little (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Gary Cox (fresh) 6 pts. 2 stl. SF - Oscar Silva (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. PF - Ricky Brown (fresh) 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Robert Tucker (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:25 | Wake Forest | Oscar Silva is called for the reach on Nathan Penix - foul #2 on Oscar Silva, team foul #8 | 46-41 |
| 07:25 | Wake Forest | Nathan Penix misses the 1st free throw | 46-41 |
| 07:25 | Duke | Ricky Brown pulls down the rebound | 46-41 |
| 07:08 | Duke | Oscar Silva can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 46-41 |
| 07:07 | Duke | Oscar Silva tips it back up and in | 46-43 |
| 06:43 | Wake Forest | Hu Chio lays it in | 48-43 |
| 06:36 | Duke | Nathan Penix is called for the reach on Robert Tucker - foul #2 on Nathan Penix, team foul #4 | 48-43 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Bill Pearlstein (SF), Richard Nichols (C) Nathan Penix, Jason Hutchinson | |
| Subs | Duke | Linwood Shimer (SG), Ross Bernard (SF) Gary Cox, Oscar Silva | |
| 06:18 | Duke | Linwood Shimer splits the doubleteam but misses short on a driving attempt from close range | 48-43 |
| 06:17 | Wake Forest | Arthur Costa grabs the defensive rebound | 48-43 |
| 06:02 | Wake Forest | Robert Tucker steals it from Bill Pearlstein | 48-43 |
| 05:37 | Duke | Robert Tucker throws a bad pass out of bounds | 48-43 |
| 05:14 | Wake Forest | Arthur Costa splits the doubleteam but misses short on a turnaround near the basket | 48-43 |
| 05:12 | Duke | Ross Bernard grabs the defensive rebound | 48-43 |
| 04:48 | Duke | Hu Chio steals the ball from Ross Bernard | 48-43 |
| 04:22 | Wake Forest | Richard Nichols clanks a turnaround near the basket | 48-43 |
| 04:20 | Duke | Robert Tucker snags the defensive board | 48-43 |
| 03:57 | Duke | Robert Tucker misses the shot from just outside the lane | 48-43 |
| 03:55 | Wake Forest | Richard Nichols pulls down the rebound | 48-43 |
| 03:33 | Wake Forest | Hu Chio connects on the jump hook from close range on a great pass from Arthur Costa | 50-43 |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Gary Johnson (tiring) 20 pts. 3 ast. SG - Arthur Costa (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. SF - Bill Pearlstein (tiring) 2 ast. 3 stl. PF - Hu Chio (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 3 reb. C - Richard Nichols (tiring) 11 pts. 8 reb. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - James Little (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Linwood Shimer (tiring) 11 pts. SF - Ross Bernard (tiring) 10 pts. 7 reb. PF - Ricky Brown (fairly fresh) 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Robert Tucker (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-5) | |
| 03:28 | Duke | Linwood Shimer loses the ball out of bounds | 50-43 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Nathan Penix (SF), Andre Arakaki (C) Bill Pearlstein, Richard Nichols | |
| Subs | Duke | Gary Cox (PG), Richard Labarre (SG), Matt Leach (SF), Oscar Silva (PF), Richard Roosevelt (C) James Little, Linwood Shimer, Ross Bernard, Ricky Brown, Robert Tucker | |
| 02:59 | Wake Forest | Oscar Silva blocks the jumper by Gary Johnson | 50-43 |
| 02:57 | Wake Forest | Hu Chio pulls down the offensive rebound | 50-43 |
| 02:57 | Wake Forest | Wake Forest calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 50-43 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Bill Pearlstein (SF), Richard Nichols (C) Nathan Penix, Andre Arakaki | |
| Subs | Duke | James Little (PG), Linwood Shimer (SG), Ross Bernard (SF) Gary Cox, Richard Labarre, Matt Leach | |
| 02:44 | Wake Forest | Gary Johnson is open and scores on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Arthur Costa | 52-43 |
| 02:44 | Duke | Duke calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 52-43 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| Subs | Duke | Ricky Brown (PF), Robert Tucker (C) Oscar Silva, Richard Roosevelt | |
| 02:28 | Duke | Ross Bernard misses badly on the uncontested floater from the right wing | 52-43 |
| 02:27 | Duke | Ricky Brown grabs the offensive rebound | 52-43 |
| 02:10 | Duke | Ricky Brown clanks a jumper from the right wing | 52-43 |
| 02:08 | Duke | Robert Tucker grabs the offensive board | 52-43 |
| 01:49 | Duke | Gary Johnson steps in front of the Ricky Brown pass | 52-43 |
| 01:46 | Wake Forest | Gary Johnson misses the lay-in | 52-43 |
| 01:44 | Duke | The rebound goes to Ross Bernard | 52-43 |
| 01:28 | Duke | Robert Tucker connects on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 52-45 |
| 01:13 | Wake Forest | Arthur Costa evades the doubleteam and hits a 3 from straight away on a great pass from Gary Johnson | 55-45 |
| 01:05 | Duke | Robert Tucker lays it in | 55-47 |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (-1) | |
| 00:46 | Wake Forest | Gary Johnson is open but can't throw it down | 55-47 |
| 00:45 | Wake Forest | Richard Nichols gets the offensive rebound | 55-47 |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:42 | Wake Forest | Richard Nichols is fouled on the floor by Robert Tucker - foul #4 on Robert Tucker, team foul #9 | 55-47 |
| 00:42 | Wake Forest | Richard Nichols makes the 1st free throw | 56-47 |
| 00:42 | Wake Forest | Richard Nichols misses the 2nd free throw | 56-47 |
| 00:42 | Duke | The rebound goes to Robert Tucker | 56-47 |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:37 | Duke | James Little makes the 3 pointer from the left wing | 56-50 |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-5) | |
| 00:36 | Wake Forest | Gary Johnson is fouled in the backcourt by James Little - foul #3 on James Little, team foul #10 | 56-50 |
| 00:36 | Wake Forest | Gary Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 57-50 |
| 00:36 | Wake Forest | Gary Johnson makes the 2nd free throw | 58-50 |
| 00:30 | Duke | James Little is whistled for traveling | 58-50 |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:27 | Wake Forest | Gary Johnson is fouled in the backcourt by James Little - foul #4 on James Little, team foul #11 | 58-50 |
| 00:27 | Wake Forest | Gary Johnson misses the 1st free throw | 58-50 |
| 00:27 | Wake Forest | Gary Johnson makes the 2nd free throw | 59-50 |
| 00:21 | Duke | James Little connects on the 3pt shot from the right corner on a nice dish by Linwood Shimer | 59-53 |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-5) | |
| 00:20 | Wake Forest | Arthur Costa is hacked by James Little in the backcourt - foul #5 on James Little, team foul #12 | 59-53 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| Subs | Duke | Gary Cox (PG) James Little | |
| 00:20 | Wake Forest | Arthur Costa makes the 1st free throw | 60-53 |
| 00:20 | Wake Forest | Arthur Costa makes the 2nd free throw | 61-53 |
| 00:15 | Duke | Gary Cox misses short on a 3pt shot from straight away | 61-53 |
| 00:14 | Wake Forest | Arthur Costa snags the defensive board | 61-53 |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:12 | Wake Forest | Arthur Costa is hacked by Linwood Shimer in the backcourt - foul #1 on Linwood Shimer, team foul #13 | 61-53 |
| 00:12 | Wake Forest | Arthur Costa misses the 1st free throw | 61-53 |
| 00:12 | Wake Forest | Arthur Costa makes the 2nd free throw | 62-53 |
| 00:05 | Duke | Ross Bernard hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 62-53 |
| 00:04 | Wake Forest | Richard Nichols grabs the board | 62-53 |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (-1) | |
| 00:00 | Wake Forest | Gary Johnson runs out the clock | 62-53 |