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# Offense coming together for Milford boys basketball
- URL: https://www.nh-highschoolsports.com/offense-coming-together-milford-boys-basketball/
- Published: 2017-01-12T19:00:20.000Z
- Updated: 2017-01-12T19:00:20.000Z
- Description: Don't believe any opposing coach who claims to know what the Milford High School boys basketball team is going to do on each trip down the floor. Most of the time, the Spartans aren't even sure what they're going to do.
- Author: Joe Marchilena
- Tags: Division II, boys basketball, Milford, NH High School Sports Insider, Pelham, slider, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-18 04:44

Don't believe any opposing coach who claims to know what the Milford High School boys basketball team is going to do on each trip down the floor.

Most of the time, the Spartans aren't even sure what they're going to do.

Sure, there are things that coach Dan Murray wants to see the five players on the court do before attempting a shot. But who gets to take that shot, and from where, all depends on the situation.

It could be Ryan Banuskevich or Weston Pare taking aim for a 3-pointer, or driving to the basket. It could be Evan Ryan or Shane Winnett battling inside or stepping back for a jump shot. All are possibilities, but none are guaranteed.

That's what happens when all five guys on the floor can shoot from the outside and get to the basket.

"We have so many scorers and so many options that we can get to," Banuskevich said. "If two people are shut down, then we have three options and people off the bench who can score for us all over the place."

The Spartans senior captain was a great example of that in Tuesday's win over Pelham. In the first half, Banuskevich made his first five field goal attempts, four of which were 3-pointers.

But in the second half, all of his attempts were inside the 3-point line, and he finished with 22 points. Winnett finished with 15 points, all of which came in the paint or at the free throw line after he missed a few 3s early.

While he was happy with the way his team executed at times, Murray saw a few areas where the Spartans can still improve.

"Where we got in trouble was with too much dribbling and not getting him enough shots late," he said. "It's chaos, but the ball should be moving more, getting better looks inside and outside.

"When we're moving the ball, the defense starts shifting and we're going to have a guy wide open. A lot of those shots weren't particularly open. That's what we've got to improve on, that offensive patience."

Milford was able to go on long runs against the Pythons in part because of its success in transition, which Banuskevich attributes to the players familiarity with each other.

"It's huge because we all know each other, we've been playing for the last eight years together," he said. "Growing up and knowing each other, we've got all the chemistry down. We have more sparks out there."

Murray would like to see the Spartans find a gear that isn't breakneck speed for when they aren't able to get into transition.

That inability to sometimes take the foot off the gas was evident in the final minute against Pelham, when the Pythons were trying to quicken the pace and Milford, for a moment, tried to match it instead of slowing down.

"We keep saying our offense will kill us unless we start moving a little bit slower," the coach said. "Transition is fine, but when we're in a set, (we've got to) give us a break instead of going and going."