Dexter Dennis' heroics during Wichita State's historic comeback over SMU have landed the sophomore back on the American Athletic Conference Honor Roll for the fourth time this season.
 
Dennis – a 6-foot-5 guard from Baker, La. -- Dennis set career-highs with 25 points and seven three-point field goals to help the Shockers pull off the greatest comeback in school history.
 
WSU trailed by 24 points with less than 14 minutes to play but outscored SMU 40-12 the rest of the way. Dennis supplied 17 points on five triples during that span. It was one of the 10-largest second-half comebacks by a visiting team in NCAA Division I history.
 
For the season, Dennis is averaging 9.1 points and 5.0 rebounds, but he's elevated his game over the last two months.  In conference games, Dennis leads the league in three-pointers-per-game (2.4) and ranks fourth in accuracy (.409).
 
Wichita State (22-7, 10-6 American) plays at Memphis this Thursday night at 8 p.m. CT on ESPN then returns home for its Senior Day finale against Tulsa (3 p.m. CT, CBSSN). Tickets are available at 316-978-FANS and online at goshockers.com/tickets.
 

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AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE WEEKLY AWARDS:
Week of Feb. 24 - Mar. 1, 2020

Player of the Week:
Christian Vital, Sr., G, UConn
 
Freshman of the Week:
Marcus Sasser, G, Houston
 
Weekly Honor Roll:
James Bouknight, Fr., G, UConn
Precious Achiuwa, Fr., F, Memphis
Justin Brown, Jr., G, USF
Lawson Korita, Sr., G, Tulsa
Dexter Dennis, So., G, Wichita State
 

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SHOCKER WEEKLY AWARDS IN 2019-20:

Nov. 11 -- Dexter Dennis
Nov. 18 -- Jamarius Burton
Dec. 2 -- Erik Stevenson
Dec. 9 -- Jamarius Burton
Dec. 9 -- Tyson Etienne (Freshman of the Week)
Dec. 16 -- Erik Stevenson (Player of the Week)
Dec. 23 -- Jaime Echenique
Dec. 30 -- Grant Sherfield (Freshman of the Week)
Jan. 6 -- Erik Stevenson (Player of the Week)
Jan. 27 -- Dexter Dennis
Feb. 17 -- Dexter Dennis
Mar. 2 -- Dexter Dennis