Pam Borton
Pam Borton
Pam Borton is a former head women's basketball coach, most recently at the University of Minnesota. She took over following the resignation of Brenda Frese in 2002...
execution lack missing shots
It's not missing shots or lack of execution.
arm bit fell player twisted
Nothing was broken. Her arm got twisted a little bit when a player fell on her hand.
bench herself huge jamie sitting
It's huge and we can't have Jamie sitting on the bench for very long. Jamie's got to find a way to keep herself on the floor.
came definitely difference energy job passion second
The difference was how we started the second half. We came out like gangbusters, showed a lot of passion and a lot of energy out on the floor. We definitely did a better job defensively just by pressuring the basketball.
difference five four game minutes
The difference in the game was the four and a half, five minutes going into halftime.
game
If you don't take the game serious, you can get beat.
believe confident focus kids percent time
It's a challenging time here. I'm very confident and believe in the kids that are here. They are getting 100 percent of my focus right now.
both ends floor plays points role score shows team win
It shows her role on this team is not just to score points for us. If she doesn't have 33 or 25, we're still going to win games. She makes big plays on both ends of the floor for us.
closest jamie ongoing season type
It's been an ongoing thing with Jamie all year, the way the season started for her. She was the closest thing we had to any type of a go-to player.
coach exciting front learn pleasure seniors
It's been a pleasure to coach these seniors and learn from them. It was exciting to see them go out in front of 10,000 people.
bench consistent floor jamie offensive player sitting threat
It's huge. We can't have Jamie sitting on the bench for very long. She is a consistent offensive player and threat on the floor and, obviously, one of our go-to players.
chosen issues leave
Each one of these individuals have different issues on why they have chosen to leave this program.
events everybody happened looking pinpoint step taking
Everybody is taking a step back and looking at the events that happened during the year. I don't think you can pinpoint it on one thing. It was many different things that kind of happened at once.
game hit hoping instead penn players prepare state steps taking took
We had mix-ups on who we were guarding sometimes, and we had players getting hit by screens. That's not us. We went into this game hoping to prepare for Penn State (on Sunday). Instead of taking two steps forward, we took a step back.