The week lay-off had the Dragons looking a bit rusty on Friday night in Duxbury. However, when the buzzer sounded, the Dragons walked off the court with their fifth straight win in a 60-47 win over Middleboro, raising their record to 8-3.

Coming off a 25-point win against Hanover, Duxbury looked like it would duplicate that feat against the Sachems, as they ran out to a 23-14 first-quarter lead.

Middleboro attacked the Dragons early with a series of three-pointers and had the game tied at 6-6 before a 7-0 Duxbury run put the Dragons ahead for good.

Senior Mike Sullivan had a big first quarter with 10 points, as he led his team to a nine-point lead.

Middleboro is normally an automatic win for the Dragons, and it looked like it would be another one, as Coach Gordon Cushing went deep into his bench in the second quarter with senior Greg O’Neal, junior Connor Kindregan, and senior Jon Frye aiding senior captain Brian Grossman for a 36-20 halftime lead.

Duxbury came out for the third quarter and seemed to have everything under control at 40-24. Nevertheless, Middleboro began to chip away, as a 7-0 Sachem run made it 40-31 with two minutes left in the quarter.

Duxbury’s sloppy play in the offensive end and tough offensive rebounding by the Sachems kept them in the game, as a three-pointer by Andrew Card and three points from senior captain Zach Maddigan had the visitors within striking distance at 43-37 with eight minutes left in the game.

Middleboro wouldn’t go away, as three-pointers by Luke and Jake Szulak cut the lead to 47-44 with five minutes remaining, and Card had the deficit down to a point at 47-46 with 4:10 to go.

Free throws by senior Aaron Kramer (3) and Grossman put the lead back up to five (51-46), forcing Middleboro Coach Andy Dizel to call a timeout.

Whatever strategy Dizel called for backfired, as Grossman scored eight points in the final two minutes to put the game away.

Grossman’s last minute surge was half of his team-high 16 points, while Sullivan finished with 13. Curtis Owen and Billy Curley chipped in with eight apiece.

On Friday night the boys will tangle with Pembroke at 6:30 p.m. in Duxbury.