Background
Skinn was born in Lagos, Nigeria.
Skinn was born in Lagos, Nigeria.
Takoma Academy.
In his senior season, Skinn averaged 12.6 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 2.8 assists per game. The season was marked by the Patriots" surprising run to the Final Four. He scored a season-high 23 points and hit the game-winning three-point shot with 10.8 seconds left, in GMU"s Entertainment and Sports Programming Network BracketBusters game against Wichita State on February 18, 2006.
Controversy followed Skinn, however, after he punched opposing guard Loren Stokes in the groin with 55 seconds left in GMU"s game against Hofstra in the semifinals of Colonial Athletic Association conference tournament.
GMU lost the game, 58-49 but GMU was awarded the 11th seed in the Washington, District of Columbia regional of the 2006 National Collegiate Athletic Association Men"s Division I Basketball Tournament, where Skinn, serving a one-game suspension for the Stokes incident, watched as his teammates upset sixth seed Michigan State, 75-65. In GMU"s run to the Final Four, he scored eight points against North Carolina in the second round, 14 points in a rematch against Wichita State in the Sweet Sixteen, and 10 points against UConn in the Elite Eight.
After the game, Skinn told reporters that Coach Jim Larranaga fired up his players by telling them that UConn"s players did not even know what conference the Patriots came from. "That"s a little bit of disrespect," Skinn recounted.
"Coach told us the Civil Aeronautics Administration stands for "Connecticut Assassin Association."
In 2006, Skinn signed a contract to play with the Croatian club Split, of the Adriatic League, after he wasn"t drafted in the 2006 National Basketball Association Draft.
In July 2007, Skinn was invited to play for the Orlando Magic at the Orlando Summer League. He played on the same summer league team as former Hofstra University guard Loren Stokes, whom he had controversies with during the 2006 Civil Aeronautics Administration conference tourney. In July 2008, Skinn signed with Gravelines Dunkerque Basket in the French Pro A league, recording team highs of 16.6ppg, 3.8apg and shooting 43% from 3pt range.
He signed on August 5, 2009, with Pistoia Basket of the Italian Second Division.
On October 1st, 2010, Skinn signed with the New Yorker Phantoms of the German League. He then played with Ironi Ashkelon in the Israeli League.
He also works at paul public charter school. On July 8, 2012, the Nigerian national basketball team defeated the Dominican Republic, to earn the last spot in the 2012 Summer Olympics.
As the starting point guard for the team, Skinn averaged 10.0 points per game in the International Basketball Federation Olympic qualifiers.
In the game against the United States national team, Nigeria lost the game by 83 points, 156-73. lieutenant was the largest deficit by a losing team and a new Olympic record for most points scored in a game by the United States.