UNIVERSITY PARK -- Bad first-half shooting and very minimal second-chance opportunities equated to a long night for the SMU men's basketball team.

Georgetown jumped out to a big lead early on SMU and never looked back, leaving Moody Coliseum with a 91-74 victory in front of 5,855 fans. The largest Moody crowd of the year saw a red-hot Georgetown team meet up against an SMU team that couldn't hit anything in the first half.

The end result was SMU taking its first loss of the season against a Georgetown team that has handled its own adversity quite well this week. The Hoyas (6-3) are now 2-0 and beat its second consecutive undefeated team -- the first being Oklahoma State on Wednesday -- since the removal of guard James Ajinko and forward Josh LeBlanc.

Earlier this week, Georgetown announced both Ajinko and LeBlanc were no longer on the roster. In a separate issue, LeBlanc and forwards Galen Alexander and Myron Gardner -- still currently on the team and in action Saturday -- are dealing with allegations of burglary, harassment and assault. The addition by subtraction has worked for Georgetown, and the Hoyas frustrated SMU (8-1) from the opening tip.

SMU shot a dismal 7% from the field eight minutes into the first half. The Mustangs trailed, 20-2, at one point early in the half and went into the locker room making only 6 of 30 (20%) from the field.

Georgetown took a 49-29 lead at the halftime break. The Hoyas were on fire, connecting 17 of 27 shots (63%).

"This was our best shooting game in my tenure here," Georgetown coach Patrick Ewing said. "Everyone did something to help us to win. We had 26 assists. That was the difference. The ball moved, the ball found the open guys, and we were able to step up and make shots."

Ewing added: "They're a very good team. We just were hot. When you're hot, when you're making shots and making the right plays, good things happen."

SMU cut the lead to 15 on buckets by Isiaha Mike and Kendric Davis early in the second half, but Georgetown managed to stretch the lead back to 20 and eventually to 27 on a 3-pointer by Jahvon Blair. He finished the game with 21 points on seven treys.

"Blair was unbelievable. Blair had made four threes on the whole season, and we are the recipient of a seven-three-made shooting [night]," SMU coach Tim Jankovich said. "That wasn't the reason for the loss, but that really kept us from having any chance to cut the darn thing and put any pressure on them to really make it a game."

Jankovich added: "We couldn't stop them. We didn't stop them the whole night. You're going to have to do that when you're playing from behind."

Mac McClung, fresh off a 33-point performance Wednesday against Oklahoma State, had 19 points and made five 3-pointers for the Hoyas. Omer Yurtseven added 19 points and eight rebounds.

Davis and Feron Hunt each had 17 points to lead SMU. Davis also had five assists. Tyson Jolly had 16 points and six rebounds, while Mike added 11 points and eight boards.

SMU now will take two weeks off and next prepare for a road test Dec. 20 at Georgia. The Hoyas will play for their third straight win next Saturday when they host Syracuse.