Micah Peavy had 24 points and eight assists to power Georgetown to a 100-68 win over Albany Saturday in Washington, D.C.
Thomas Sorber contributed 14 points and 13 rebounds for his third double-double this season as Georgetown (6-1) won its fourth straight.
Malik Mack added 16 points for Georgetown, which made 63.1 percent of its shots, including 9-of-22 (40.9 percent) of its attempts from 3-point range.
Kheni Briggs and Amar’e Marshall scored 17 points each for Albany (5-3) in the first-ever meeting of the teams.
Justin Neely added 12 points for the Great Danes who were without two of their top four scorers, Byron Joshua and DeMarr Langford Jr.
Albany hit 35.7 percent of its shots from the floor and 7-of-22 (31.8 percent) from deep. They also hit all 18 of their free throws in the first half, finishing 21-of-24 from the line.
Peavy also had four steals and three blocks to pace the Hoyas defense, which forced 18 turnovers.
In the opening minutes, Peavy tallied half of the points in a 12-0 run, but Albany weathered it by going on its own 10-2 sprint, with Briggs supplying the final six points to put the Great Danes up 19-16.
Georgetown answered in kind, reeling off 13 straight points. Sorber started the rush with a three-point play and he closed it with a perimeter 3 as the Hoyas took a 29-19 lead.
Late in the half, Peavy drained 3-pointers to start and finish a 10-point spree, which gave the Hoyas a 14-point lead on their way to a 49-35 advantage at the break.
Undermanned Albany never challenged in the second half. A 15-point blitz by Georgetown expanded the lead to 32 points.
Drew Fielder, who finished with 10 points, started the run with a three-point play. Mack added his own three-point play in the run plus a trey.
Jordan Burks, who finished with 11 points, closed it out with a fastbreak slam after a steal and a feed from Peavy as the Hoyas took a 74-42 lead with 13:11 left.
Peavy maxed out the Hoyas lead at 40 points midway through the half when he drained a triple that made it 86-46.
Georgetown hit the century mark in emphatic fashion as reserve Drew McKenna threw down a slam-dunk with 1:44 left.
–Field Level Media
