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College basketball dream lives on for St. Anthony alum Hallice Cooke at Nevada

Hallice Cooke remembers looking at his father Robert's Instagram page last summer shortly after his death and seeing the #thedreamneverends hashtag.

Those four words have served as motivation for Cooke, who has overcome both personal tragedy and professional adversity to continue his basketball career.

"Those words right there are big for me because I could have given up so many times with all of the obstacles that came my way," said Cooke. "Sometimes the cards dealt to me weren't always fair, but that's just the business of college basketball. It made me so much stronger going through what I've been through.