Sophomore guard Curtis Owen nailed two free throws with seven seconds left in the game, and then watched as Scituate’s Rodney Beldo went the length of the court and missed the winning basket with a couple of seconds left in Wednesday night’s 65-64 win over the Sailors.

It was sweet revenge for the Dragons, who were bludgeoned by the Sailors in a 72-47 loss in the second game of the season, and had every intention of showing they would be a serious match-up for anyone come tournament time.

It was also a big night for BC-bound senior center Aaron Kramer, who was a monster on the boards with 24 points, including seven points in the final three minutes to keep the Dragons from blowing their 17-point halftime lead for good.

The Dragons raced out to an 8-2 lead, but couldn’t hold it for long, as the Sailors went on a 6-0 run to tie the game with 2:30 left in the quarter.

Owen followed with a 15-foot jumper and went on a tear, scoring six more points over a span of two minutes to give the Dragons a 20-11 lead just over a minute into the second quarter. The Duxbury offense was on a roll, forcing Scituate coach Matt Poirier to call a time out, as his team was being abused for one of the few times all year.

The timeout backfired on the Sailors, as the pumped up Dragons came back on the floor and outscored the visitors 14-7 the rest of the way for a 34-17 halftime lead.

It was obvious the Sailors needed to pull out all the stops if they were going to get back in the game, and they went to the press immediately in the second half.

Baskets by Billy Curley and Brian Grossman had the lead at 20 points (39-19) just over a minute into the second half. However, when the Sailors cut the margin to 41-27 on a Beldo old-fashioned three-point play, Coach Gordon Cushing could sense a comeback was in the works and called a timeout with 4:54 on the clock.

Both teams matched baskets the remainder of the quarter, with the Dragons maintaining a 12-point cushion at 48-36 with eight minutes left in the game.

After being “held” to 13 points through three quarters, it was now showtime for Beldo.

Scoring eight points in the first two and a half minutes of the final quarter, the All-Scholastic guard brought his team within six at 52-46.

A three-pointer by Scituate’s Tyler Park and another Beldo basket cut the lead to 54-51, and the Duxbury crowd was certainly nervous.

After a Grossman free throw made it 55-51, Beldo stole the ball and went in alone for a layup, followed by another driving basket to tie the game at 55 with three minutes to go.

It was now time for the stars to take over, and Kramer asserted himself immediately, grabbing rebounds on the offensive boards and scoring four points for a 59-55 lead with 2:30 to go.

Beldo responded with another driving three-point play before senior Nick Moore buried a jumper to give the Sailors their first lead of the game at 60-59 with 1:25 remaining.

The Dragons were determined to get the ball to Kramer, who muscled his way inside for a three-point play that regained the lead at 62-60.

Park came right back and buried a three for a one-point lead at 63-62 with 59 seconds to go, and teammate Marqim Taylor hit one of two free throws for a 64-62 lead with 39 seconds left.

Curley was fouled as he attempted to tie the game, and missed the first shot before burying the second to make it 64-63.

The Dragon defense did its job at the other end of the court, bringing the ball up with 15 seconds to go and putting it into the hands of Owen, who sank his two free throws and was mobbed by teammates during a time-out.

Owen’s big night netted him 14 points, while Grossman added 11 points while doing the majority of the ball-handling against the Sailors’ press.

“We just weren’t ready for them the first time we played them,” said Cushing. “We had guys coming back from football and they weren’t in basketball shape, so we didn’t play very well. This week our kids really worked hard in practice. We knew they would come at us with a press, and we had to hang on for dear life in the end. We just need to do a better job of handling the ball, but this was a really big win for us.”