Derrick Alston came to Boise State as a 6-foot-8, 153-pound walk-on in 2016.
On Saturday night, he scored a career-high 30 points off the bench to carry the Broncos to an 88-64 victory over San Diego State in a Mountain West Conference matchup at Taco Bell Arena.
It is only the 55th 30-plus point outing in program history and comes a year after Alston played a total of 26 minutes in 11 games.
“We’ve always seen the upside and the skill,” Boise State coach Leon Rice said of Alston in a postgame press conference.