Deleyah Harris scored 20 points Tuesday night as the top-ranked Kirkwood women's basketball team defeated Ellsworth, 72-48, in the  quarterfinals of the regional tournament at Johnson Hall.

Kirkwood (31-0) will host Southwestern (17-14) in the regional semifinals Thursday at 5:30 p.m.

Simone Goods collected 16 points and eight rebounds for the Eagles. Olivia Usher finished with 10 points, five rebounds and five assists.  Rylee Voss provided eight points and eight rebounds off the bench.

Antoinette Williams scored 13 points for Ellsworth.

ELLSWORTH (48): A.Williams 5 1-1 13, Hart 2 2-2 6, Brown 4 2-3 10,  Turner 2 0-0 6, J.Williams 4 3-4 11, Helldorff 0 0-0 0, Deng 1 0-0 2.  Totals 18 8-10 48.

KIRKWOOD (72): Harris 8 1-2 20, T.Wilson 2 1-2 7, Watkins 0 2-2 2,  Goods 5 6-9 16, Usher 3 2-2 10, Puok 1 1-1 3, Hedges 0 0-2 0, Axcell 0  0-0 0, Taylor 0 0-0 0, Voss 4 0-0 8, Cotton 1 0-0 2, C.Wilson 1 0-0 2,  Achenbach 1 0-0 2. Totals 26 13-20 72.

Halftime - Kirkwood 36, Ellsworth 19. 3-point goals - Ellsworth 4  (A.Williams 2, Turner 2), Kirkwood 7 (Harris 3, T.Wilson 2, Usher 2).