What’s next: Allen and the Vikings (7-3 overall, 2-0 in conference) played at St. Martin’s on Thursday night and will visit Western Oregon on Saturday.

The two-minute drill

You scored 43 points Sunday to match the arena record. At what point did you realize you were making history?

It was kind of at halftime, when they brought in the stat sheet. We always pass it around to see what we could be doing better, and I looked and saw that I had 27 at halftime. I hit a couple of shots early in the second half, and that’s when it hit me. I knew (former WWU player Derrick) Webb had 40 in a game last year, and I thought that was the record, so I knew I was getting close.

Was it one of those games where you hit a hot streak and made six or seven in a row?

It was probably a streak of nine or 10 in a row. I hit a couple of 3s in there. I had 24 points in the final seven or eight minutes of the first half, so I was pretty hot. I’ve been hot like that in middle school and out in the gym, but never in a game like that.

You made 11 of 18 field goals, including 5 of 9 from 3-point range. Did you feel like Klay Thompson out there?

That’s kind of funny because I actually texted Klay after the game to talk about it.

The reason we brought up Klay, of course, was because you played with him at Washington State the past two years. Was your decision to transfer strictly a basketball decision?

Basketball, and a little financial. I wasn’t on scholarship (at WSU). They considered giving me a scholarship but they only have so many, and they decided to go in another direction, so I came here.

Speaking of transferring, you went to two high schools — Shorewood and Mountlake Terrace. What led to the change?

My parents went to Shorewood and liked it, and Mountlake Terrace didn’t have the best reputation, and they wanted me to get off on the right foot, so they sent me there. That’s when the recession hit, and gas prices got up to $2.50 a gallon my sophomore year, so financially it didn’t really make any sense. It was 12 to 15 miles from our house.

And then you weren’t allowed to play basketball as a senior at Mountlake Terrace. Why was that?

I had a summer birthday, so I was kind of between, and my eighth-grade year I struggled a little bit my last trimester. I had always been an honor-roll student, so my parents approached me about maybe going to a private school to get my grades back up. I ended up going to St. Mark’s in Shoreline, and then my sophomore year (at Shorewood), the WIAA changed the rules and it ended up that I had expired one year of eligibility. So I couldn’t play as a senior.

So you’ve gone to five schools since eighth grade?

Western is actually my sixth. I went to Brier Terrace in middle school, then Shorewood, then St. Mark’s, Mountlake Terrace, Wazzu and now Western. That’s six.

So what did you do with your spare time during basketball season your senior year at Mountlake Terrace?

At first, that hurt. I was going to be a focal point and have a lot of freedom offensively my senior year, so that was hard. I moped around and gained a little weight. Then I finally got back in the gym after a couple of months. In the winter, there’s never really anyone at the gym playing, and you can’t really play outside, so there’s not a lot of basketball to be played. So I just started working out, lifting weights, getting in shape, and I was back out there for the AAU season in February and March.

How rusty were you?

Oh, yeah, I was real rusty. I played for a team called Reebok, and I was rusty. But I came along in one of the later tournaments, in Colorado, and that’s where the Wazzu coaches saw me. They wanted me to walk on, and William & Mary had one scholarship left and was giving me an offer, but I wanted to stay close to home. So Tony Bennett talked me into going to Pullman.

What was it like when he left?

Coach Bennett left after my freshman year. I got hurt, he redshirted me, and he left. At first, we communicated quite a bit because I was a point guard. But after I got hurt, we didn’t communicate quite as much. So to be honest, it didn’t really affect me when he left. But he was a good coach, and it always sucks when a good coach leaves.

Is it possible that you’re the first Mountlake Terrace product playing D-I basketball who doesn’t have the last name Boxley?

(Laughs) Well, when Seattle U. went Division I, Leigh Swanson was there. So he might be the first.

There are a lot of Boxleys though, huh?

Oh, yeah. They’re all cool. I still play with Seamus, Dan and Mike sometimes. They’re fun to be around.

So who’s the best?

Seamus. He’s a beast. But Dan and Mike are good players too. When they all get together and play, it’s a sight to see.

Now that you’ve got a 43-point game under your belt, are you ready to challenge any of the Boxleys to a game of one-on-one?

Me and Mike used to go one-on-one while we were at Terrace. But they’re all pretty big, so I don’t know if I want to do that.

What about Klay Thompson? Are you ready to challenge him?

We used to go at it in one-on-one. But he’s going to be a lottery pick (in the NBA), so I think I’d better stay away from playing against one of those.