Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 15 points and Evan Smotrycz added 13 as Michigan defeated Illinois 70-61 yesterday to run its home record to 14-0.

Northland graduate Trey Burke added 14 points for the Wolverines (19-7, 9-4 Big Ten), but it was Smotrycz and Hardaway who provided a big lift by shaking off their shooting slumps in the first half.

Hardaway entered the game shooting 19 percent from three-point range in conference play.

Smotrycz wasn’t much better at 24 percent, but they both went 2 for 2 from beyond the arc before halftime.

“I just didn’t like the pace of that game. We needed something good to happen,” Michigan coach John Beilein said. “Tim hits a shot. Evan hits a shot. We have been waiting for that.”

Brandon Paul had 21 points and Tyler Griffey 18 for Illinois (16-9, 5-7), which has lost six of its past seven games.

Men’s highlights

No. 12 Georgetown 71, St. John’s 61 — Freshman Greg Whittington had 12 points, and Georgetown (19-5, 9-4 Big East) made clutch three-pointers in the stretch drive in a victory over St. John’s (10-15, 4-9).

Whittington, Jason Clark and Markel Starks all made threes in the final six minutes to counter a Red Storm comeback.

Nate Lubick finished with seven points, eight rebounds, five assists and a career-high four blocks for the Hoyas, who shot 61 percent from the field in the second half.

Purdue 87, Northwestern 77 — Robbie Hummel scored a season-high 27 points and added nine rebounds as Purdue (16-9, 6-6 Big Ten) defeated Northwestern (15-9, 5-7).

John Shurna had 30 points for Northwestern.

Women’s highlights

West Virginia 65, No. 2 Notre Dame 63 — Brooke Hampton made two free throws with 4.6 seconds left, and West Virginia (18-6, 8-3 Big East) defeated Notre Dame (24-2, 11-1), ending the Irish’s 21-game winning streak. Asya Bussie had 22 points, including a turnaround jumper with 39 seconds left that tied the score at 63 for West Virginia.

Skyler Diggins had 32 points for Notre Dame, which came into the game leading the nation in scoring (83.2-point average).

No. 4 Stanford 82, UCLA 59 — Nnemkadi Ogwumike had 25 points and eight rebounds, and Stanford (22-1, 13-0 Pac-12) defeated UCLA (12-12, 7-6). Ogwumike’s sister, Chiney, had 19 points for the Cardinal, which won its 19th straight.

No. 6 Miami 76, No. 8 Maryland 74 — Stefanie Yderstrom had a career-high 26 points to help Miami (22-3, 11-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) defeat Maryland (21-4, 8-4).

The Hurricanes have won 11 straight games.

No. 18 Penn State 77, Northwestern 63 — Alex Bentley scored 18 points to lead Penn State (20-5, 11-2 Big Ten) past Northwestern (13-12, 3-9).

Morgan Jones scored 20 points and Kendall Hackney 15 for Northwestern.

No. 21 Georgia 76, Vanderbilt 63 — Anne Marie Armstrong scored a career-high 23 points and Georgia (19-6, 8-4 Southeastern Conference) beat Vanderbilt (19-6, 7-5).

No. 22 Georgia Tech 56, No. 22 North Carolina 54 — Sasha Goodlett had 13 points to help Georgia Tech (18-7, 8-4 ACC) edge North Carolina (17-8, 7-5).

It was the first game between teams with the same ranking in women’s basketball since Jan. 14, 2003, when No. 14 Mississippi State defeated No. 14 Vanderbilt 78-75.