TEMPE, Ariz. – Arizona State University head women's basketball coach Natasha Adair today announced senior guard Tyi Skinner will miss the 2023-24 season due to a knee injury.
Skinner, who last season earned All-Pac-12 honorable mention honors from the league's coaches and All-Pac-12 recognition from media who cover the league, quickly established herself as one of top scorers in the Pac-12 and one of the most exciting players in the nation to watch in her first season in Tempe.
In 2022-23, Skinner scored 20 or more points 15 times, including a career-high 29 points on two occasions. A starter in all 28 games, Skinner went on to average 19.3 points per game, the most by a Sun Devil since the 1988-89 season. She concluded her first campaign in the Maroon and Gold among the leaders in the Pac-12 in points per game (19.3/2nd/27th in the nation), 3-pointers per game (2.43 per game/2nd), minutes per game (36.59/3rd/29th in the nation), free throws made (79/3rd) and attempted (91/4th), steals per game (1.71/5th), 3-point FG percentage (34.7/6th) and free throw percentage (78.1/8th).
Skinner, who played her first two seasons at Delaware under Adair, went over 1,000 points in career scoring last season, concluding the campaign with 1,203 career points.
TYI SKINNER LINKS
--(VIDEO): ASU Women's Basketball: The story behind head coach Natasha Adair (by Alexis Davis/Cronkite Sports/Mar. 7, 2023)
--Zoom on Pac-12 Network: Get to know Arizona State's Tyi Skinner (withJordan Ligons Robinson/Feb. 2, 2023)
--Skinner and Adair maintain bond 2,300 miles from where it began (by Dylan Wickman, WCSN/Feb. 1, 2023)
--Michelle Smith: 'Fearless' Tyi Skinner setting the tone for Arizona State women's basketball (Pac-12.com/Jan. 5, 2023)
--Filling up: Tyi Skinner scoring for Arizona State WBB (by Jeff Metcalfe, Sports360AZ.com/Dec. 28, 2022)
--Tyi Skinner brings moxie to Sun Devil women's basktball team (by Jenna Ortiz, azcentralcom/Dec. 24, 2022)
--'Two minds work better than one': Tyi Skinner, Jaddan Simmons take reins for ASU women's basketball (by Brendan Mau, Cronkite News/Dec. 22, 2022)
Skinner, who last season earned All-Pac-12 honorable mention honors from the league's coaches and All-Pac-12 recognition from media who cover the league, quickly established herself as one of top scorers in the Pac-12 and one of the most exciting players in the nation to watch in her first season in Tempe.
In 2022-23, Skinner scored 20 or more points 15 times, including a career-high 29 points on two occasions. A starter in all 28 games, Skinner went on to average 19.3 points per game, the most by a Sun Devil since the 1988-89 season. She concluded her first campaign in the Maroon and Gold among the leaders in the Pac-12 in points per game (19.3/2nd/27th in the nation), 3-pointers per game (2.43 per game/2nd), minutes per game (36.59/3rd/29th in the nation), free throws made (79/3rd) and attempted (91/4th), steals per game (1.71/5th), 3-point FG percentage (34.7/6th) and free throw percentage (78.1/8th).
Skinner, who played her first two seasons at Delaware under Adair, went over 1,000 points in career scoring last season, concluding the campaign with 1,203 career points.
TYI SKINNER LINKS
--(VIDEO): ASU Women's Basketball: The story behind head coach Natasha Adair (by Alexis Davis/Cronkite Sports/Mar. 7, 2023)
--Zoom on Pac-12 Network: Get to know Arizona State's Tyi Skinner (withJordan Ligons Robinson/Feb. 2, 2023)
--Skinner and Adair maintain bond 2,300 miles from where it began (by Dylan Wickman, WCSN/Feb. 1, 2023)
--Michelle Smith: 'Fearless' Tyi Skinner setting the tone for Arizona State women's basketball (Pac-12.com/Jan. 5, 2023)
--Filling up: Tyi Skinner scoring for Arizona State WBB (by Jeff Metcalfe, Sports360AZ.com/Dec. 28, 2022)
--Tyi Skinner brings moxie to Sun Devil women's basktball team (by Jenna Ortiz, azcentralcom/Dec. 24, 2022)
--'Two minds work better than one': Tyi Skinner, Jaddan Simmons take reins for ASU women's basketball (by Brendan Mau, Cronkite News/Dec. 22, 2022)