SOMEWHERE on the hour-and-a-half journey along the Calder Highway between Melton and Bendigo the Mildura Heat men’s team lost their offensive mojo and, like their female counterparts, any hopes of a Hothouse semi-final.

After a 92-point winning effort against the Melton Thoroughbreds on Saturday night, the travelling Heat barely managed half that in a lopsided loss to the Bendigo Braves at the ...