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...
games last week
We're approaching this week, these two games this week, as they are not any more important than the games last week or the games in the future.
conference control good half midway played slowly tempo win
We started slowly but played better midway through the first half and were able to control the tempo of the game. It's always good to get that first win in conference play.
against road runs second sustain teams
When we're on the road against a top-10 team, teams are going to go on runs and you've got to be able to sustain the runs and we did not in the second half.
definitely extremely flat half job played second
We definitely did a better job in the second half on pressuring the basketball. We played extremely flat in the first half.
answer both
We didn't have an answer for both of them.
aggression defense gotten longer smarter team
Our team defense has gotten a lot better. We've got to keep our aggression up a little longer and play a little smarter and a little more disciplined.
headed hurt last people physical ready responsibility share showing staff work
A lot of things hurt us the last two games... fundamentals, physical play, decision-making, people showing up ready to play. Even as coaches, we have to work harder. We all share in the responsibility of what happened. We can't put it all on the kids. It's up to as a staff to get us headed in the right direction. This will be our test.
aggressive beat boards dominated giving guards players post team
They killed us on the boards with 23 second-chance opportunities and giving up 73 points. Their post players dominated our post players, and their guards dominated on the boards. We got beat by a team that was a lot more aggressive than we were.
needed plays
They made the plays they needed to make in overtime.
basketball doubt matter mind win
There was no doubt in my mind that we were going to win this basketball game. There was no doubt in my mind before the game, after yesterday's practice, after shoot-around today. We wanted this game, it didn't matter who we played, it was all about us.
pleased talent tools
Are we pleased at how we finished? No. We know we have the talent and tools to put things together. At this point, our seeding doesn't matter.
game ncaa
This game could have NCAA implications for us.
jamie job playing scared
I thought she was playing scared and tentative. Jamie wasn't getting the job done.
felt hurting jamie job offense playing
Jamie was hurting us. I felt like we didn't have her for the whole game. She was not playing up to her capabilities on offense and defense. She wasn't getting the job done.