Despite some delays and rescheduling in the early part of the girls’ basketball season, it doesn’t seem to have thrown the team’s psyche off kilter, as they stand at 3-1 after Saturday’s 52-34 thrashing of Silver Lake.

After splitting hard-fought games over Hingham (80-71) and New Bedford (50-58), the Lady Dragons got a break on their schedule when they got back to Patriot League action with a win over the Lakers.

Despite Duxbury holding a slim 10-7 lead after the first quarter, the outcome was never in doubt, as the Lakers were over-matched by a taller and defensive-minded Lady Dragon squad that continued to build its lead as the game progressed.

Senior captains Katie Curley and cousin Kelly had their way inside all night long, as Katie torched Silver Lake for 12 points, while Kelly hit double figures with 10.

When the hosts were trying to double-team Duxbury’s twin towers down low, Sara Botieri made them pay dearly, as the senior guard continued to rain three-pointers from downtown when she canned four for 12 points.

Duxbury’s full-court pressure did enough to rattle the young and inexperienced Lakers, who left the floor at halftime trailing 26-18.

A 16-7 third quarter put the game away for the Lady Dragons, as the Lakers lacked the solid shooting they needed to get back in the game.

Maggie Norton also made some noise underneath, as the 5’11” sophomore forward contributed six points, while senior guard Carly Donovan chipped in with four.

The game was in complete contrast to the earlier 58-50 loss to Division 1 New Bedford.

Duxbury was in the game the whole night, and rarely trailed by more than a handful of points until the final minute of play. With the scored tied at 50-50, the Lady Dragons got careless with the ball on their inbounds passes and the Whalers took advantage to run off eight straight points and escape with the win.

Coach Mark Dunn’s squad will face its biggest Patriot League challenge of the season on Wednesday night when it travels to Whitman-Hanson to take on the Panthers at 6:30 p.m. for what should be a showdown game for supremacy of the league.