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Message: [QUOTE="ConwayGmck, post: 4111168, member: 10442"] I think people here seem fond of putting Coates down. She was very tough, and her ceiling was always much higher than she chose to reach for, while at South Carolina. Alaina was a strong, consistent scorer her entire career at South Carolina - she averaged 12.1 ppg, 9.3 rpg, and 1.6 bpg. She's the all-time career Gamecock leader in FG % overall with .620 FG %, and in SEC play with .610 FG %. This includes shooting 308 for 470 (.655) for her final 2 seasons, when she averaged 12.5 ppg and 10.5 rpg. She had some games where she got a wild hair up her....well, when she put up 20-25 pts and 15-20 rebounds and dominated offensively the way Wilson always did. She just didn't always look to be the dominant go-to post player. But she could have done a lot more offensively with how consistent and efficient she always was in scoring, especially her final 2 seasons. She was a pretty dominant player in her own right. Cardoso may end up developing into an all-time great Gamecocks, but Alaina was always the player that had the "attitude" on the team, and she backed down from no one. At this point in time in Cardoso's career, I would say Coates was the far tougher player. We'll see...... [/QUOTE]