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There are two NFHS rules which govern this situation and require team members to be within the confines of their time-out area during the time-out. As you can see from the cited rules below, the player should not have been allowed past the 28 foot line which denotes the end of the team bench and the coaching box. That player should have been removed from near half court and not permitted that vantage point.
NFHS rule references for where players and team members need to be during time-outs:
5-11-2&3:
ART. 2 . . . A single 60-second time-out charged to a team shall not exceed one minute and shall be conducted within the confines of the time-out area. A warning signal for the teams to prepare to resume play is sounded with 15 seconds remaining. Such a time-out shall not be reduced in length unless both teams are ready to play before the time-out is over.
ART. 3 . . . A single 30-second charged time-out shall not exceed 30 seconds and players shall remain standing within the time-out area. A warning signal for teams to prepare to resume play is sounded with 15 seconds remaining. No on-court entertainment should occur during this time.
1-13-3:. . . The time-out area shall be the area inside an imaginary rectangle formed by the boundaries of the sideline (including the bench), end line, and an imaginary line extended from the free-throw lane line nearest the bench area meeting an imaginary line extended from the coaching-box line.
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