HONOLULU (AP) _ Mike Sweetney scored 13 of his 19 points in the second half as Georgetown beat Central Florida 77-65 on Friday in the first game of the Hawaii Pacific University Thanksgiving Basketball Classic.

Sweetney helped key a second-half run in which the Hoyas pulled away from a 31-26 halftime lead at the Blaisdell Center. Gerald Riley completed a three-point play to give Georgetown (2-0) its largest lead of the game at 75-56 with about three minutes remaining.

Riley scored 14 points and Wesley Wilson added 12.

Georgetown had 13 blocked shots. Boumtje Boumtje had four, and Wilson and Courtland Freeman added three apiece.

The Golden Knights' Paul Reed, who led all scorers with 10 points in the first half, picked up his third foul 17 seconds into the second half. Central Florida (0-1) went to a 2-3 zone until Reed re-entered with 7:30 remaining.

In the first half, the Hoyas used a man-to-man defense, full-court press and trapped out of a 1-2-2 zone to hold the Golden Knights to a .229 field goal percentage, including 1-of-14 from 3-point range.

Georgetown took a nine-point lead midway through the first half on a layup by Demetrius Hunter. Central Florida cut the lead to one, but Georgetown went on an 8-0 run to up its lead back to nine at 31-22 with 2:37 remaining. Victor Samnick and Wilson each had four points during the run.

Mario Lovett, Joey Graham and Reed had 13 points apiece to lead Central Florida.