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#LongLiveMalcolm: Dexter Dennis honors his late teammate

Wichita State's Dexter Dennis drives towards the basket during their game against Catawba on Oct. 30, 2018 at Koch Arena.

Dexter Dennis’s roommate could have been the next breakout star. He earned scholarship offers from Chattanooga, Eastern Michigan, and IUPUI before starting his post-grad season at Believe Prep Academy in Tennessee and was gathering interest from more schools.

Those who worked and played with Malcolm Nicholas knew he had potential to be a collegiate basketball player.

“We were really really close,” said Dennis, a Wichita State freshman. “Malcolm was like a brother to me. We stayed in a townhouse for six months.