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Probable starting five: Ahmed El-Nokali, G, 6-4, 180, Sr. (8.3 ppg); Kyle Wente, G, Jr.; Mike Bechtold, F, 6-6, 210, Sr. (8.5 ppg, 2.4 rpg); Andre Logan, F, 6-7, 235, So. (6.9 ppg, 2.8 rpg); Konrad Wysocki...
...El-Nokali, Bechtold, Logan and Ed Persia are all back. In addition, key reserves Wente, a sometime starter last year, and Wysocki, the Ivy Rookie of the Year, return. Finally, Ray Robins, a sophomore starter two years ago before taking last season off, and Chris Krug, who started in the 1998-99 season as a freshman before taking two years off, have rejoined the team. Ultimately, Thompson seems to have settled on El-Nokali, the oft-injured Bechtold, Logan, Wente and Wysocki as his starting five, but Persia and Robins have both seen significant minutes off the bench...
...turned out, he had. With 7.4 seconds remaining, Tigers point guard Ahmed El-Nokali took the inbounds pass, dribbled towards half-court, and worked the ball to Wente, who was swarmed by two Harvard defenders. Junior guard Andrew Gellert-the league's top defender-played the ball in an attempt at a swipe while sophomore guard Pat Harvey played the body, his arms raised in hopes of disrupting the shot...
Following a time-out, however, Princeton junior guard Ahmed El-Nokali pushed the ball up court and dished the ball off to sophomore guard Kyle Wente, who released an off-balance three pointer that sliced through the net as time expired giving Princeton the 69-67 victory...
...Saturday, Wente had the biggest game of his life, single-handedly keeping his team in the game. He had 22 points to lead all scorers, and picked up the slack left by players who had sub-par games, like guards Ahmed El-Nokali and C.J. Chapman...