HINGHAM -- Teagan Curran stepped to the free-throw line with 26.6 seconds remaining in regulation and her team trailing by 2 on the road.

The raucous Hingham crowd screamed mercilessly at her, trying to distract her and force a miss. It would have been a stressful situation for a senior, but for the freshman Curran it was particularly new territory.

Fortunately for Curran – as she’s proven consistently throughout the year – she’s no ordinary freshman. She admitted afterward that she was slightly nervous, but at the same time, she was comfortable, because she had trained most of her life for moments like this.

 “I’ve never really had a crowd yelling like that,” Curran said. “It was pretty interesting. I just wanted to make them for the team, get back on D and get another stop.”

 She did just that, calmly swishing both shots and holding the follow-through on the second. The free throws led to overtime, and the Duxbury High girls basketball team pulled away in the extra period to earn a 56-51 win over the Harborwomen on Friday.

 Curran scored 15 points, senior captain Alli Cavallo added 21 and senior captain Nicole Callander chipped in 17. Senior Shannon Joyce paced Hingham with 16, but the Dragons held the Harborwomen to three points in OT to seal the Patriot League victory.

 “This is going to help us later,” Duxbury coach Bob Sullivan said. “In order to go far in the tournament, you’ve got to be able to come back and make free throws. To get down like that, come back, play great defense, I’ll take it. It’s hard to win on the road against a good team.”

The comeback Sullivan is referencing came late in the fourth. Sophomore Ryley Blasetti canned a corner 3 to put Hingham up, 48-44, with 2:44 remaining. Duxbury never panicked, as Callander willed in a lefty layup and Curran nailed the free throws to even the score.

 “She doesn’t play like a freshman,” Sullivan said of Curran. “She has a high basketball IQ.”

 Duxbury got one more stop, but it couldn’t get a shot off in the final seconds, so the teams went to overtime deadlocked at 48.

 The 5-foot-9 Curran consistently worked a mismatch with shifty 5-1 guard Grace Bennis, finishing in traffic on the first possession of overtime. The Dragons kept hitting their free throws and extended the lead to 55-48 with 51 seconds left.

 Blasetti buried another 3 with 14 seconds remaining, but by that point the game was out of reach. Duxbury led 12-11 after one quarter, 24-22 at halftime and 37-35 through three. It was incredibly tight throughout, but Duxbury ultimately prevailed.

Sullivan knows a win like this can go a long way in preparing his team for the tournament.

“We found a way,” Sullivan said. “That’s what good teams do.”