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Skillings Throws First Pitch, Visits Broadcast Booth at UC Baseball Game
2024-25 (JUNIOR)
Averaged 9.2 points and 3.8 rebounds per game, starting 13 of his 29 games played ... Missed six games early in the season after suffering a knee injury in the season opener ... Scored 18 points in each of UC's first three Big 12 contests as part of 12 double-figure games overall ... Notched a defensive rebound, 3-pointer, steal on the ensuing in-bounds pass and another 3-pointer in the final 14 seconds at West Virginia, and the Bearcats got another steal to nearly force overtime after trailing by nine before that sequence ... All six of his rebounds against Arizona were on the offensive glass, and he finished the season with 45 of his 110 coming on that end ... Scored 15 and 13 points in consecutive games over Oklahoma State late in the season, then had 12 against DePaul on 6-of-8 shooting ... Also scored 10 and 15 in his first two starts after his injury return in crucial wins over Xavier and Dayton.
2023-24 (SOPHOMORE)
Leading scorer at 12.9 ppg, including 12.8 in Big 12 play ... Played in 36 of the 37 games, earning 15 starts that began with his 10-point performance in the road win at No. 12 BYU to start league play ... Second on the team with 6.4 rpg, and his 232 total rebounds made him the first Bearcat to lead the team in total points and boards since Yancy Gates in 2010-11 ... Second on team with 25 blocks while also posting 33 steals ... Scored 20-plus points six times, led by 29 against Stetson on 11-of-14 shooting (most by a Bearcat reserve since Tony Bobbitt in 2002) ... Also had 25 against NKU, 24 at No. 14 Baylor, 21 versus UCF on his 21st birthday, 25 against No. 16 Kansas and 20 versus Bradley ... Three double-doubles (Stetson, No. 10 Iowa State, Indiana State) among his five double-figure rebounding games ... Ended the year with eight-straight double-digit scoring games and led the team with 25 overall.
2022-23 (FRESHMAN)
Academic All-AAC ... Appeared in 35 of 36 games, missing only NKU due to injury ... Averaged 5.3 ppg and 3.3 rpg over 14.6 mpg ... Provided an athletic spark off the bench, including athletic displays on drives, layups and the offensive glass ... Scored in double-figures four times (Bryant, South Florida, hometown Temple twice), which were all UC wins ... Scored a then-season-high 15 in the home OT win over Temple, which included 3-for-4 deep shooting ... Later topped that with 20 against the Owls in the AAC First Round, going 8-for-14 from the field with six rebounds ... Boasted career-high 13 boards against Bryant that helped him to first UC true-freshman double-double since Tari Eason in 2020 ... Added 15 pounds by start of season from the moment he arrived on campus in summer.
PRIOR TO UC
Rated as high as the No. 41 prospect nationally as well as 12th among shooting guards ... honor roll student ... averaged 24.6 points and 10 rebounds per game on the AAU circuit with Philly Pride and earned First-Team All-Catholic, All-State and All-City honors on his high school team, which he attended in Philadelphia.
Skillings Throws First Pitch, Visits Broadcast Booth at UC Baseball Game
2024-25 (JUNIOR)
Averaged 9.2 points and 3.8 rebounds per game, starting 13 of his 29 games played ... Missed six games early in the season after suffering a knee injury in the season opener ... Scored 18 points in each of UC's first three Big 12 contests as part of 12 double-figure games overall ... Notched a defensive rebound, 3-pointer, steal on the ensuing in-bounds pass and another 3-pointer in the final 14 seconds at West Virginia, and the Bearcats got another steal to nearly force overtime after trailing by nine before that sequence ... All six of his rebounds against Arizona were on the offensive glass, and he finished the season with 45 of his 110 coming on that end ... Scored 15 and 13 points in consecutive games over Oklahoma State late in the season, then had 12 against DePaul on 6-of-8 shooting ... Also scored 10 and 15 in his first two starts after his injury return in crucial wins over Xavier and Dayton.
2023-24 (SOPHOMORE)
Leading scorer at 12.9 ppg, including 12.8 in Big 12 play ... Played in 36 of the 37 games, earning 15 starts that began with his 10-point performance in the road win at No. 12 BYU to start league play ... Second on the team with 6.4 rpg, and his 232 total rebounds made him the first Bearcat to lead the team in total points and boards since Yancy Gates in 2010-11 ... Second on team with 25 blocks while also posting 33 steals ... Scored 20-plus points six times, led by 29 against Stetson on 11-of-14 shooting (most by a Bearcat reserve since Tony Bobbitt in 2002) ... Also had 25 against NKU, 24 at No. 14 Baylor, 21 versus UCF on his 21st birthday, 25 against No. 16 Kansas and 20 versus Bradley ... Three double-doubles (Stetson, No. 10 Iowa State, Indiana State) among his five double-figure rebounding games ... Ended the year with eight-straight double-digit scoring games and led the team with 25 overall.
2022-23 (FRESHMAN)
Academic All-AAC ... Appeared in 35 of 36 games, missing only NKU due to injury ... Averaged 5.3 ppg and 3.3 rpg over 14.6 mpg ... Provided an athletic spark off the bench, including athletic displays on drives, layups and the offensive glass ... Scored in double-figures four times (Bryant, South Florida, hometown Temple twice), which were all UC wins ... Scored a then-season-high 15 in the home OT win over Temple, which included 3-for-4 deep shooting ... Later topped that with 20 against the Owls in the AAC First Round, going 8-for-14 from the field with six rebounds ... Boasted career-high 13 boards against Bryant that helped him to first UC true-freshman double-double since Tari Eason in 2020 ... Added 15 pounds by start of season from the moment he arrived on campus in summer.
PRIOR TO UC
Rated as high as the No. 41 prospect nationally as well as 12th among shooting guards ... honor roll student ... averaged 24.6 points and 10 rebounds per game on the AAU circuit with Philly Pride and earned First-Team All-Catholic, All-State and All-City honors on his high school team, which he attended in Philadelphia.