WASHINGTON (AP) Jaland Lowe made 5 of 8 from 3-point range and finished with 22 points and eight assists Saturday night to help Georgetown Hoyas beat Maryland Terrapins 86-74.

Elmarko Jackson added 17 points and Kayvon Mulready scored 15 on five 3s for Georgetown (2-0). Vincent Iwuchukwu had 12 points.

Lowe and Mulready hit 3-pointers 24 seconds apart that made it 38-26 with 2:38 left in the first half and the Hoyas led by double figures the rest of the way.

Pharrel Payne had 28 points and eight assists while shooting 10 of 14 from the field and 8 of 8 from the free-throw line for Maryland (1-1). Freshman Kaden House scored all of his 13 points in the second half. DJ Wagner added 11 points.

The Hoyas made 15 3-pointers - the program's most since in a single game since 2010 - on 30 attempts and shot 52% overall.

Mulready hit a 3 that capped a 12-3 opening run in the second half. Georgetown pushed its lead as high as 27 points and led by 22 with 2 minutes left.

Maryland, which closed the game on a 19-6 run, made 26 of 63 (41%) from the field and shot just 15% (3 of 20) from behind the arc.

Maryland: Hosts No. 9 Virginia on Friday.

Georgetown: Hosts Delaware State on Tuesday.

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