2023–24 Kaohsiung Aquas season

Kaohsiung Aquas
2023–24 season
PresidentHou Chia-Chi
Head CoachBrendan Joyce
ArenaKaohsiung Arena
Fengshan Arena
T1 League15–13 (.536)
0Playoffs0T1 League Semifinals
(lost to Leopards, 0–3)
Scoring leaderMindaugas Kupšas (21.9)
Rebounding leaderMindaugas Kupšas (9.9)
Assists leaderJason Brickman (12.7)
Highest home attendance8,012
(December 2, 2023)
Lowest home attendance3,982
(January 12, 2024)
Average home attendance5,650
Biggest winGhostHawks 82–110 Aquas
(December 10, 2023)
Biggest defeatAquas 78–117 Leopards
(April 13, 2024)

The 2023–24 Kaohsiung Aquas season was the franchise's 3rd season, its third season in the T1 League. The Aquas were coached by Brendan Joyce in his third year as their head coach.

Draft

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Round Pick Player Position(s) School / Club team
1 5 Tang Wei-Chieh Guard VMI

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W L PCT GB Qualification
1 New Taipei CTBC DEA 28 19 9 .679 Advance to semifinals
2 Taiwan Beer Leopards 28 18 10 .643 1
3 Kaohsiung Aquas 28 15 13 .536 4
4 Taipei Mars 28 11 17 .393 8
5 Tainan TSG GhostHawks 28 7 21 .250 12
Source: T1 League

Roster

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2023–24 Kaohsiung Aquas roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age From
F 1 United States Perry Jones (I) 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 33 – (1991-09-24)24 September 1991 Baylor
PG 2 United States Shannon Scott (I) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 32 – (1992-12-21)21 December 1992 Ohio State
PF 3 Taiwan Wang Yung-Cheng 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 25 – (1998-12-29)29 December 1998 NCCU
SG 7 Taiwan Yu Huan-Ya 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 31 – (1993-11-30)30 November 1993 NTNU
SG 8 Taiwan Chiu Tzu-Hsuan 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 25 – (1999-12-08)8 December 1999 ISU
PF 10 Taiwan Hu Long-Mao 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 32 – (1992-12-22)22 December 1992 Chaminade
SF 11 Taiwan Tang Wei-Chieh 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 25 – (1999-09-25)25 September 1999 VMI
SF 12 Taiwan Lin Jen-Hung 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 31 – (1993-12-18)18 December 1993 NTNU
PF 18 Taiwan Wu I-Ping 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 32 – (1992-08-29)29 August 1992 ISU
C 21 Taiwan Lu Wei-Ting 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 27 – (1997-04-16)16 April 1997 ISU
SG 24 Taiwan Su Wen-Ju 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 27 – (1997-10-16)16 October 1997 ISU
SG 28 Taiwan Yu Chun-An (C) 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 32 – (1992-02-13)13 February 1992 NTNU
C 32 United Kingdom Iran Aaron Geramipoor (I) 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 120 kg (265 lb) 32 – (1992-09-11)11 September 1992 Seton Hall
C 49 Lithuania Mindaugas Kupšas (I) 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in) 122 kg (269 lb) 33 – (1991-04-09)9 April 1991 LSU
SF 57 Taiwan Wu Siao-Jin 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 29 – (1995-08-28)28 August 1995 NKNU
PG 66 Taiwan Chen Huai-An 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 27 – (1997-04-29)29 April 1997 NTUA
C 85 Taiwan Chin Ming-Ching 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 30 – (1994-11-14)14 November 1994 NTNU
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Taiwan Zhu Yong-Hong
  • Taiwan Yu Chia-Chieh
Athletic trainer(s)
  • Taiwan Liao Hsuan-Yi
Team manager
  • Taiwan Chu Li-Fu

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured Injured

Updated: May 10, 2024

Game log

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Preseason

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2023 preseason game log
Total: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)
Preseason : 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
1 October 14 @ Leopards W 98–94 Perry Jones (24) Mindaugas Kupšas (7) Jason Brickman (13) Xinzhuang Gymnasium
1,236
1–0
2 October 15 DEA W 87–80 Jason Brickman (19) Perry Jones (15) Jason Brickman (7) Xinzhuang Gymnasium
1,932
2–0
Color: Win  Lose 
Schedule

Interleague Basketball Games

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October 21, 2023
14:30 (UTC+8)
Taipei Fubon Braves 98–104 Kaohsiung Aquas
Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium, Taichung City
October 22, 2023
17:00 (UTC+8)
Formosa Dreamers 87–84 Kaohsiung Aquas
Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium, Taichung City

Regular season

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2023–24 regular season game log
Total: 15–13 (home: 9–5; road: 6–8)
October : 0–1 (home: 0–0; road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
1 October 29 @ DEA L 77–86 Mindaugas Kupšas (20) Mindaugas Kupšas (18) Jason Brickman (5) Xinzhuang Gymnasium
4,032
0–1
November : 0–2 (home: 0–0; road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
2 November 25 @ Leopards L 95–110 Mindaugas Kupšas (18) Jason Brickman (7)
Hu Long-Mao (7)
Jason Brickman (9) Taoyuan Arena
1,023
0–2
3 November 26 @ Mars L 110–124 Mindaugas Kupšas (24) Jason Brickman (9) Jason Brickman (13) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
4,502
0–3
December : 6–2 (home: 3–1; road: 3–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
4 December 2 DEA W 94–93 Mindaugas Kupšas (29) Mindaugas Kupšas (15) Jason Brickman (14) Kaohsiung Arena
8,012
1–3
5 December 3 GhostHawks L 89–98 Mindaugas Kupšas (22) Mindaugas Kupšas (9) Jason Brickman (14) Kaohsiung Arena
6,237
1–4
6 December 9 Leopards W 122–104 Hu Long-Mao (33) Hu Long-Mao (11) Jason Brickman (20) Kaohsiung Arena
6,318
2–4
7 December 10 GhostHawks W 110–82 Hu Long-Mao (24) Jason Brickman (8)
Hu Long-Mao (8)
Jason Brickman (17) Kaohsiung Arena
5,634
3–4
8 December 16 @ DEA L 100–102 Yu Huan-Ya (32) Mindaugas Kupšas (9) Jason Brickman (11) Xinzhuang Gymnasium
4,301
3–5
9 December 23 @ Mars W 114–98 Jason Brickman (31) Jason Brickman (12) Jason Brickman (16) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
4,344
4–5
10 December 24 @ GhostHawks W 98–89 Hu Long-Mao (20) Hu Long-Mao (13) Jason Brickman (11) Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium
1,331
5–5
11 December 30 @ Mars W 109–106 Mindaugas Kupšas (29) Mindaugas Kupšas (12) Jason Brickman (14) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
3,456
6–5
January : 4–1 (home: 3–1; road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
12 January 6 Leopards L 99–103 Jason Brickman (27) Mindaugas Kupšas (7)
Perry Jones (7)
Jason Brickman (11) Kaohsiung Arena
5,021
6–6
13 January 7 GhostHawks W 120–111 Hu Long-Mao (34) Hu Long-Mao (10)
Mindaugas Kupšas (10)
Jason Brickman (13) Kaohsiung Arena
5,816
7–6
14 January 12 Mars W 111–86 Mindaugas Kupšas (30) Mindaugas Kupšas (18) Jason Brickman (13) Kaohsiung Arena
3,982
8–6
15 January 14 DEA W 99–93 Jason Brickman (24) Mindaugas Kupšas (11) Jason Brickman (11) Kaohsiung Arena
5,868
9–6
16 January 27 @ Leopards W 108–101 Jason Brickman (25) Mindaugas Kupšas (13) Jason Brickman (11) Taoyuan Arena
6,215
10–6
February : 2–0 (home: 2–0; road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
17 February 17 Mars W 98–94 Mindaugas Kupšas (21) Mindaugas Kupšas (10) Jason Brickman (13) Kaohsiung Arena
6,057
11–6
18 February 18 Leopards W 118–117 Perry Jones (23)
Mindaugas Kupšas (23)
Perry Jones (14)
Mindaugas Kupšas (14)
Perry Jones (5)
Yu Huan-Ya (5)
Kaohsiung Arena
6,123
12–6
March : 1–3 (home: 0–0; road: 1–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
19 March 2 @ GhostHawks L 95–98 Mindaugas Kupšas (31) Mindaugas Kupšas (10) Yu Huan-Ya (10) Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium
1,688
12–7
20 March 23 @ Mars L 94–100 Mindaugas Kupšas (26) Mindaugas Kupšas (14) Shannon Scott (8) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
4,868
12–8
21 March 24 @ DEA L 87–90 Mindaugas Kupšas (32) Shannon Scott (17) Shannon Scott (8) Xinzhuang Gymnasium
4,091
12–9
22 March 31 @ GhostHawks W 99–92 Mindaugas Kupšas (24) Mindaugas Kupšas (7)
Tang Wei-Chieh (7)
Shannon Scott (14) Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium
1,382
13–9
April : 2–4 (home: 1–3; road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
23 April 6 DEA L 93–108 Wu Siao-Jin (29) Hu Long-Mao (9)
Mindaugas Kupšas (9)
Shannon Scott (11) Kaohsiung Arena
6,618
13–10
24 April 7 Mars W 107–89 Mindaugas Kupšas (26) Mindaugas Kupšas (9) Shannon Scott (12) Kaohsiung Arena
5,573
14–10
25 April 13 @ Leopards L 78–117 Mindaugas Kupšas (15) Mindaugas Kupšas (11) Shannon Scott (12) Taoyuan Arena
2,567
14–11
April 20 @ Leopards Rescheduled to April 13[5]
26 April 21 @ GhostHawks W 86–78 Shannon Scott (18) Shannon Scott (12) Shannon Scott (8) Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium
1,799
15–11
27 April 27 DEA L 99–121 Shannon Scott (22) Shannon Scott (11) Hu Long-Mao (6) Fengshan Arena
3,259
15–12
28 April 28 Leopards L 109–113 Shannon Scott (27) Shannon Scott (12)
Aaron Geramipoor (12)
Shannon Scott (11) Fengshan Arena
4,577
15–13
Color: Win  Lose  Rescheduled 
Schedule

Regular season note

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Playoffs

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2024 playoffs game log
Total: 0–3 (home: 0–1; road: 0–2)
Semifinals : 0–3 (home: 0–1; road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Series
1 May 5 @ Leopards L 76–90 Mindaugas Kupšas (19) Mindaugas Kupšas (12) Shannon Scott (7) Taoyuan Arena
5,515
0–1
2 May 7 @ Leopards L 98–107 Hu Long-Mao (28) Mindaugas Kupšas (13) Shannon Scott (6) Taoyuan Arena
2,758
0–2
3 May 10 Leopards L 111–113 (OT) Shannon Scott (24) Aaron Geramipoor (14) Shannon Scott (11) Fengshan Arena
4,123
0–3
Color: Win  Lose 
Schedule

Player statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played  MPG  Minutes per game  FG%  Field goal percentage
 3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game
 PPG  Points per game     Led the league

Regular season

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Player GP MPG PPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG
Perry Jones 12 22:12 10.8 42.7% 25.0% 66.7% 5.2 1.9 0.4 0.3
Shannon Scott 9 40:16 18.9 39.7% 28.4% 87.1% 9.4 9.9 3.6 0.4
Wang Yung-Cheng 2 1:16 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jason Brickman 17 41:08 17.9 50.4% 45.1% 86.5% 6.3 12.7 2.0 0.0
Yu Huan-Ya 26 33:13 11.7 41.5% 39.9% 69.4% 2.3 3.1 1.0 0.0
Chiu Tzu-Hsuan 16 26:38 9.3 42.1% 37.3% 57.1% 3.6 1.7 1.3 0.1
Hu Long-Mao 25 32:49 15.3 43.7% 33.3% 71.2% 5.9 2.6 0.7 0.2
Tang Wei-Chieh 18 10:17 3.8 35.8% 0.0% 66.0% 1.9 0.9 0.3 0.2
Lin Jen-Hung 28 25:21 6.8 42.2% 35.1% 40.0% 1.8 2.0 1.0 0.0
Wu I-Ping 22 5:33 1.9 50.0% 35.7% 50.0% 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.0
Lu Wei-Ting 27 10:05 3.2 34.2% 23.3% 68.6% 2.3 0.6 0.3 0.3
Su Wen-Ju 27 8:55 1.8 31.5% 24.2% 60.0% 1.4 0.5 0.4 0.0
Yu Chun-An 16 4:47 0.9 21.7% 25.0% 0.0% 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1
Aaron Geramipoor 18 20:41 12.4 59.1% 0.0% 63.2% 6.2 1.4 0.8 0.5
Mindaugas Kupšas 27 33:05 21.9 64.5% 25.0% 72.2% 9.9 2.1 0.6 1.7
Wu Siao-Jin 27 11:38 3.3 35.2% 29.1% 72.7% 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.2
Chen Huai-An 15 5:53 1.7 47.6% 41.7% 50.0% 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.0
Chin Ming-Ching 2 1:10 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0

Acquired during the season

Semifinals

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Player GP MPG PPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG
Perry Jones 1 28:23 21.0 43.8% 66.7% 71.4% 6.0 5.0 0.0 3.0
Shannon Scott 3 39:59 20.3 42.9% 28.6% 78.9% 3.3 8.0 3.3 1.0
Wang Yung-Cheng Did not play
Yu Huan-Ya 3 39:13 12.0 34.2% 30.0% 100.0% 3.3 4.0 0.7 0.3
Hu Long-Mao 3 35:29 19.0 48.9% 45.0% 50.0% 6.7 1.7 1.3 0.0
Tang Wei-Chieh 2 8:29 2.0 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Lin Jen-Hung 3 31:00 8.3 52.6% 50.0% 50.0% 3.0 1.7 1.0 0.3
Wu I-Ping 1 6:06 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Lu Wei-Ting 2 9:01 1.5 50.0% 100.0% 0.0% 2.5 1.5 0.0 0.0
Su Wen-Ju 3 14:35 5.0 38.5% 42.9% 100.0% 1.0 0.3 0.7 0.3
Yu Chun-An 1 8:11 2.0 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
Aaron Geramipoor 3 26:11 9.3 41.2% 0.0% 0.0% 10.3 2.7 0.3 0.0
Mindaugas Kupšas 2 32:08 15.0 50.0% 0.0% 54.5% 12.5 2.0 0.5 0.5
Wu Siao-Jin 3 8:10 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.7 0.3 0.7 0.0
Chen Huai-An 2 8:58 1.5 11.1% 20.0% 0.0% 2.0 2.0 1.5 0.0
Chin Ming-Ching 1 1:05 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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Transactions

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On March 18, 2024, Jason Brickman was not registered in the 2023–24 T1 League season final rosters.[7]

Free agency

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Re-signed

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Date Player Contract terms Ref.
August 5, 2023 Jason Brickman [8][9]
August 6, 2023 Mindaugas Kupšas [9]
August 24, 2023 Wu Siao-Jin [10][11]
August 27, 2023 Chin Ming-Ching [12][11]
August 29, 2023 Wu I-Ping [11]

Additions

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Date Player Contract terms Former team Ref.
August 4, 2023 Tang Wei-Chieh United States VMI [13]
August 10, 2023 Aaron Geramipoor Taiwan Taichung Suns [14]
August 11, 2023 Perry Jones Puerto Rico Capitanes de Arecibo [15]
March 5, 2024 Shannon Scott Australia Brisbane Bullets [16]

Subtractions

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Date Player Reason New team Ref.
August 8, 2023 John Bohannon Contract expired Mexico Tijuana Zonkeys [17][18]
August 8, 2023 Xavier Alexander Contract expired Indonesia Tangerang Hawks [17][19]

Awards

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Yearly awards

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Recipient Award Ref.
Jason Brickman Assists Leader [20]
Mindaugas Kupšas Blocks Leader [20]
All-Defensive First Team [21]
Defensive Player of the Year [22]
Hu Long-Mao All-T1 League First Team [23]
All-Defensive First Team [21]

MVP of the Month

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Month Recipient Award Ref.
December Hu Long-Mao December MVP of the Month [24]
January Chiu Tzu-Hsuan January MVP of the Month [25]

Import of the Month

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Month Recipient Award Ref.
December Jason Brickman December Import of the Month [24]
February & March Mindaugas Kupšas February & March Import of the Month [26]

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