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Kiki McElrath scored 19 points as the Hampton University women’s basketball team began the HBCU Invitational with an 82-66 victory Friday over Livingstone at Disney’s Wide World of Sports near Orlando, Florida.

At 3:30 p.m. Saturday for the tournament championship, the Pirates (5-3) will take on Division II Edward Waters (4-3), which downed Bethune-Cookman 55-46 to drop the D-I Wildcats to 1-7.

Olivia Smith came off the bench to score 17 for Hampton, adding four assists and three steals. Le’Asia Foreman had 11 rebounds and six points for HU, which pulled ahead late in the first quarter and moved ahead 35-19 late in the second quarter.

Boston Bates and NyAsia Green scored 17 each for Livingstone, from the Division II Central Intercollegiate A

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