Basketball Recap: Ransom Everglades Comes Up Short

Ransom Everglades lost against Palmer Trinity two weeks ago and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Ransom Everglades Raiders were dealt a 70-34 loss at the hands of the Palmer Trinity Falcons. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 564th, while the Falcons are ranked 247th).

Connor Gumbs

Points (Career)

01/31/25 @ Palmer Trinity	16
01/11/25 vs Mater Brickell Academy	10
12/01/23 @ Miami Country Day	10
12/04/24 vs Immaculata-La Salle	8
01/24/24 @ Westminster Christian	7

Ransom Everglades' defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Connor Gumbs, who went 7 for 16 en route to 16 points and three steals. The dominant performance gave Gumbs a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Alijah Mourning, who posted six points and ten rebounds.

Graham Yanowitch was his usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 27 points and 11 boards for Palmer Trinity. Yanowitch is also on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last three games he's played. Another player making a difference was Bailey Estep, who went 6 of 11 on his way to 13 points.

Ransom Everglades dropped their record down to 10-15 with the loss, which was their eighth straight on the road. As for Palmer Trinity, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 19-6.

Ransom Everglades has already played their next game (against Edison), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Palmer Trinity does not have any more games scheduled as of now.