HEARTBREAK for the home crowd at the Hothouse on Saturday evening as the Mildura Heat women’s team went toe to toe with unbeaten league leaders Cragieburn Eagles taking them to overtime before falling narrowly short in a 61-59 loss.

After a lacklustre opening quarter, James Madigan’s team clawed their way back into the fold.

“You can’t afford to have first quarters like we had and give t...