THE Mildura Heat men's side faced a reality check in a Melbourne qualifying game in the first week of the Big V Division 2 finals.

The Heat lost to Altona 107-73.

The Heat had 12 more field-goal attempts than the Gators but were unable to capitalise in a game that coach Calvin Henry said "was not up to standard".

"Pretty much nothing went right for us, we didn't shoot the ball well and we got i...