Skip Mills

Position:
Forward
Height:
6-3
Weight:
205
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Indianapolis, In.
High School:
North Central

2005-06 (Jr.)
Top returning scorer in the Mid-American Conference . . . All-MAC and MAC Player of the Year Candidate . . . enters senior season 10 points away from becoming the 23rd 1,000-point scorer in BSU history . . . All-MAC Second Team selection . . . ranked fourth in the MAC in regular-season scoring (17.9 ppg) and 12th in rebounding (5.3 rpg) . . . poured in back-to-back career-highs in the final two games . . . sizzled for 34 points on a career-best seven three-pointers at Eastern Michigan (March 4) . . . followed that with 38 points on a career-best 12 field goals two nights later at Buffalo (March 6) in the MAC Tournament . . . scored his 900th career point March 1 with 19 vs. Northern Illinois . . . scored 27 points against Buffalo (Feb. 7) . . . has scored in double figures in 33 of his last 36 games . . . the only Cardinal to start all 28 games . . . dished out a career-best six assists vs. Tennessee State (Feb. 18) . . . scored 25 points at Ohio (Jan. 8), 24 at Northern Illinois (Feb. 1) and 23 vs. Akron (Jan. 4) and vs. Anderson (Dec. 17) . . . 20 points at Buffalo (Jan. 18) . . . MAC West Player of the Week for his performance at IUPUI (Dec. 7) and ISU (Dec. 10) . . . . . . 22 points at ISU . . . 18 points and 10 rebounds at IUPUI . . . 19 points and a career-high 13 rebounds vs. Oakland City (Nov. 19).

2004-05 (So.)
Started all 28 games . . . scored in double figures in final eight games and in 19 total games . . . averaged 24.5 points and shot 50 percent from the floor in the final two games . . . scored a then season-high 24 points vs. Western Michigan (March 5), including a then career-best six threes . . . followed with a new season-high 25 points at Bowling Green in the Mid-American Conference Tournament (March 7) . . . 12 points and six boards in the win vs. Kent State (Jan. 2) . . . 10 points and nine rebounds vs. Indiana (Dec. 28) . . . scored 14 points -- all in the second half -- at Butler (Dec. 22) . . . then career-highs of 20 points and nine rebounds vs. Anderson (Dec. 8) . . . scored 15 points and grabbed eight boards at Miami (Dec. 4) . . . 11 points against No. 8 Kentucky (Nov. 23).

2003-04 (Fr.)
Played in all 29 games with three starts . . . played 15-or-more minutes in 18 games, including the last five . . . scored 13 points at Indiana State (Dec. 13) . . . added 11 points in the next game at IUPUI (Dec. 20) . . . tallied nine points at Northern Illinois (Feb. 14), at Toledo (Jan. 28) and vs. Akron (Feb. 4) . . . grabbed at least two rebounds in 19 games . . . pulled in a then career-high seven rebounds at Toledo (Jan. 28).

High School
Earned four letters at North Central for Coach Doug Mitchell . . . earned Marion County All-Star honors and all-conference honors as a senior . . . averaged 18.4 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game . . . named the Most Valuable Player at the Circle City Classic . . . a Hoosier Basketball Magazine Second-Team All-State selection after averaging 14.4 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game as a junior . . . shot 61 percent from the field, including 46 percent from three-point range and 80 percent from the free-throw line that year.

Personal
Son of Julian and Sheila Mills . . . born March 10, 1985 in Indianapolis, Ind. . . . nickname is "Skip" . . . has one sister, Ashley . . . majoring in business . . . full name is Julien Ross Mills.