Georgetown overwhelmed Michigan right from the start. With typically tough defense and a balanced offense paced by 12 points apiece from Roy Hibbert and Jessie Sapp, the No. 5 Hoyas raced out to a big lead and were never challenged in a 74-52 victory over the Wolverines on Thursday night. Everyone got into the act early for Georgetown (2-0), which scored the game's first 12 points and, more remarkably, grabbed the game's first 11 rebounds.

All of the first-half numbers were rather out of the ordinary, including this unofficial stat: Michigan (2-1) put up five airballs in the opening 20 minutes while falling behind 43-19.

When Jeremiah Rivers - son of Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers - made a 3-pointer just under 4 minutes into the game, Georgetown led 12-0. Michigan was 0-for-3 on field-goal attempts plus two turnovers to that point.

About a minute later, it was 15-5 for the Hoyas, even though preseason All-American Hibbert missed his first two shots and had yet to score. Instead, his teammates stepped forward, including Patrick Ewing Jr., who scored the game's first two baskets after going scoreless in the season opener.

Freshmen Austin Freeman and Chris Wright each scored 10 for the Hoyas, who returned four starters from last season's Final Four team.

Michigan freshman guard Kelvin Grady scored 13 of his game-high 16 points in the second half. But Michigan finished 21-for-57 on field-goal attempts, 37 percent.

Sapp's layup pushed Georgetown's lead to a whopping 28-7 only 8 1/2 minutes in. That run included consecutive 3-pointers by Freeman; the hosts made six of their first eight 3 tries.

The home crowd treated the Hoyas to a standing ovation as they walked off the floor at halftime, and Jonathan Wallace's 3-pointer to open the second half made it a 27-point game. Georgetown later would lead by as many as 28, and Michigan never got within 20 after the break.

Georgetown shot better than 50 percent in the first half, going 18-for-35, while at the other end, the Hoyas hounded an inexperienced Michigan team into shooting under 30 percent at 8-for-27, including 3-for-11 on 3s.

The Wolverines entered shooting 40 percent from beyond the arc, and they had led by at least 15 points at halftime in each of their first two games. But those were both at home, and against the Big South Conference's Radford and the Ivy League's Brown.

Thursday's game was a little different - against the Big East's Georgetown and on the road, no less.

Just ask DeShawn Sims, a sophomore forward who scored a career-high 23 points in Michigan's season opener against Radford and earned Big Ten player of the week honors.

He missed all four shots he took Thursday and finished with one point.