The girls’ basketball team recovered from a brief bump in the road and ripped off three straight wins last week to qualify for post-season play and now stand at 12-4.

After losses to North Quincy and Hingham set up a potential third straight loss to Division I New Bedford, the Lady Dragons turned things around and avenged an earlier loss to the Whalers on their home court by taking a 55-49 decision.

It was a big win for Duxbury, as it made life easier for Coach Mark Dunn’s team that proceeded to pummel Quincy, 61-32 and knock off Scituate, 55-40.

The game against Quincy was just what the doctor ordered, as it came after the New Bedford win and allowed Dunn to give his starters plenty of rest and his bench plenty of playing time.

Despite holding a slim lead of 7-6 in the early going, Dunn went to his bench quickly, as sophomore Devon Tsinzo buried a pair of three-pointers and Alexa Shanahan added a hoop to give the Lady Dragons a 15-13 first quarter lead.

The second unit stayed in the game for the next eight minutes, as the Presidents ate away at the lead and tied the game with a couple of minutes to go in the half. With the score knotted at 21, senior forward Shannon Kelly went on a tear with five straight points to send her team to the locker room with a 26-21 halftime lead.

After Quincy narrowed the gap to 28-26, the Lady Dragons scored 19 straight points to put the game away at 47-26 and cruised to victory in the fourth quarter.

Friday night’s game with Scituate wasn’t much different, as the Lady Dragons stormed to a 23-10 first quarter lead and were in complete control by halftime with a 40-18 cushion.

“Everyone got a chance to play in that first half and it allowed me to try some different looks,” said Dunn. “We’ve been a little inconsistent this year in that we’ve had some good spurts, along with some bad ones. So it’s a process where I’m trying to see who can help us out come playoff time.”

“I’m excited about our chances, but I think the kids need to be a little more hungry as we get near the post-season,” said Dunn. “We end our season with a couple of tough games (W-H and Bishop Fenwick) and I hope that will give us some idea if they are ready to play, We’ve got a good inside-outside game going with the Curleys down low and Sara Botieri and Tsinzo hitting threes, so if that combo is clicking I think we can go deep.”

On Thursday the Lady Dragons will get one of those challenges when they take on Whitman-Hanson on Senior Night starting at 6:30 p.m.