Basketball Recap: Royal Palm Beach Takes Loss Despite Strong Efforts from Guervinsly Pierre and David Alexis

Royal Palm Beach suffered their closest defeat since January 20th on Friday. They fell just short of the Grandview Prep Pride by a score of 62-60. The loss was the Wildcats' first of the season.

David Alexis

Points

11/28/25 vs Grandview Prep	26
11/21/25 vs King's Academy	26
11/19/25 @ Central	21
11/17/25 vs Boynton Beach	21
02/07/25 @ Martin County	17

Royal Palm Beach's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of David Alexis, who shot 61% from the field to rack up 26 points, and Guervinsly Pierre, who almost dropped a double-double with 23 points and nine boards. Alexis has been hot, having posted 17 or more points the last five times he's played. Oriean Eells was another key player, putting up two points and ten rebounds.

Leading Grandview Prep to victory were Kyle Zaner and Ethan Mott. Zaner went 6-for-10 on his way to 18 points and three steals, while Mott posted 25 points in addition to five boards and four blocks. That makes it three consecutive games in which Mott has scored at least a third of the Pride's points. Another player making a difference was Aaron Dunkley, who earned four points along with ten rebounds and four blocks.

Having lost for the first time this season, Royal Palm Beach fell to 3-1. As for Grandview Prep, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-1.

Royal Palm Beach has already played their next contest, a 60-56 win against Vero Beach on the 29th. As for Grandview Prep, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 69-67 defeat against Palm Beach Gardens on the 29th.