LYNN HAVEN — With starting center Keyziyah Spivey-Simms on the bench with four fouls and senior point guard and top scorer Kiara Byrd joining her after picking up a technical foul with Godby clinging to a two-point lead with just over six minutes to play, the Cougars’ season was in a precarious place in a hostile environment. Godby weathered the storm, however, and as a result the Cougars will get another shot at their arch rival Rickards in the next round. The Cougars held off Bay 67-62 Thursday night in the Region 1-6A quarterfinal contest at Mowat Middle School, improving to 14-10 and ending the Tornadoes’ season at 17-8. Cougars coach Chelsea Johnson said she preaches toughness and togetherness to her girls in the face of adversity and they showed just that in Thursday’s victory. “The hugest thing we talk to the girls about is mental toughness, especially with the playoffs here,” she said. “We don’t like technical fouls and things like that; we always talk about keeping our heads and we didn’t display that at that moment, but the biggest thing is always fighting back. We tell them that punching bags don’t move but fighters do, and we fought back and I was proud of that.” Byrd finished with 20 points to lead the Cougars and Lashaydra Crumity added 17 points on five 3-pointers. Amarni Williams also scored 11 points. Christionna Faison was the top scorer for Bay with 23 points, followed by Nakobie White with 17 points, and Keshona Robinson with 10.