The 2022–23 Kaohsiung Aquas season was the franchise's second season, its second season in the T1 League.
The Aquas were coached by Brendan Joyce in his second year as their head coach.
Draft
Round Player Position(s) School / club team 1 Chiu Tzu-Hsuan Guard / forward ISU 1 Pai Yao-Cheng Guard ISU Reference：
On July 11, 2022, the Aquas acquired 2022 first-round pick from New Taipei CTBC DEA in exchange for cash considerations.
On August 4, 2022, the first rounder, Pai Yao-Cheng had joined the Taoyuan Pilots of the P. League+.
Roster
Preseason Game log
|-style="background:#fcc" | 1 | October 14 | @ DEA | L 115–116 | Hu Long-Mao (26)Mindaugas Kupšas (26) | Mindaugas Kupšas (16) | Jason Brickman (8) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium | 0–1 |-style="background:#cfc" | 2 | October 16 | Suns | W 93–62 | Mindaugas Kupšas (24) | Mindaugas Kupšas (21) | Jason Brickman (9) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium1,063 | 1–1
Regular season
Standings
Game log
|-style="background:#fcc" | 1 | October 29 | @ DEA | L 87–109 | Mindaugas Kupšas (18) | Mindaugas Kupšas (15) | Mindaugas Kupšas (3)Chen Huai-An (3) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium5,652 | 0–1
|-style="background:#cfc" | 2 | November 5 | @ Suns | W 99–79 | Hu Long-Mao (27) | Mindaugas Kupšas (8) | Jason Brickman (11) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium2,425 | 1–1 |-style="background:#cfc" | 3 | November 12 | @ HeroBears | W 111–101 | Mindaugas Kupšas (33) | John Bohannon (11) | Jason Brickman (10) | University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium3,129 | 2–1 |-style="background:#cfc" | 4 | November 26 | DEA | W 105–81 | Jason Brickman (24) | Mindaugas Kupšas (14) | Jason Brickman (7) | Kaohsiung Arena10,823 | 3–1 |-style="background:#fcc" | 5 | November 27 | HeroBears | L 97–98 | Mindaugas Kupšas (27) | Mindaugas Kupšas (12) | Jason Brickman (7) | Kaohsiung Arena6,071 | 3–2
|-style="background:#cfc" | 6 | December 3 | Suns | W 120–90 | Jason Brickman (21) | Mindaugas Kupšas (12) | Jason Brickman (11) | Kaohsiung Arena2,486 | 4–2 |-style="background:#cfc" | 7 | December 4 | Leopards | W 130–109 | Chiu Tzu-Hsuan (31) | Mindaugas Kupšas (19) | Jason Brickman (13) | Kaohsiung Arena12,460 | 5–2 |-style="background:#fcc" | 8 | December 11 | @ GhostHawks | L 118–119 (2OT) | Mindaugas Kupšas (30) | Mindaugas Kupšas (12) | Jason Brickman (13) | Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium1,051 | 5–3 |-style="background:#cfc" | 9 | December 18 | @ Leopards | W 93–89 | Mindaugas Kupšas (20) | Jason Brickman (12) | Jason Brickman (11) | National Taiwan Sport University Arena15,085 | 6–3 |-style="background:#fcc" | 10 | December 24 | @ DEA | L 85–93 | Mindaugas Kupšas (26) | Hu Long-Mao (9)John Bohannon (9) | Jason Brickman (11) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium3,495 | 6–4 |-style="background:#cfc" | 11 | December 31 | @ Suns | W 100–92 | Hu Long-Mao (20) | Hu Long-Mao (14)John Bohannon (14) | Jason Brickman (11) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium1,518 | 7–4
|-style="background:#fcc" | 12 | January 7 | GhostHawks | L 92–101 | Mindaugas Kupšas (22) | Mindaugas Kupšas (9) | Jason Brickman (11) | Kaohsiung Arena3,128 | 7–5 |-style="background:#cfc" | 13 | January 8 | DEA | W 105–87 | Mindaugas Kupšas (21) | Mindaugas Kupšas (11) | Jason Brickman (9) | Kaohsiung Arena5,495 | 8–5 |-style="background:#ccc" | — | January 14 | Suns | colspan = 6 style="text-align:center"|Postponed |-style="background:#cfc" | 14 | January 15 | Leopards | W 101–87 | Jason Brickman (21) | John Bohannon (16) | Jason Brickman (10) | Kaohsiung Arena13,179 | 9–5
|-style="background:#cfc" | 15 | February 4 | HeroBears | W 122–117 (OT) | Mindaugas Kupšas (41) | Mindaugas Kupšas (16) | Jason Brickman (13) | Kaohsiung Arena4,689 | 10–5 |-style="background:#cfc" | 16 | February 5 | GhostHawks | W 118–90 | Jason Brickman (30) | Mindaugas Kupšas (13) | Mindaugas Kupšas (7) | Kaohsiung Arena3,796 | 11–5 |-style="background:#fcc" | 17 | February 11 | DEA | L 77–88 | John Bohannon (17) | John Bohannon (9) | Jason Brickman (9) | Kaohsiung Arena4,266 | 11–6 |-style="background:#fcc" | 18 | February 12 | Leopards | L 116–137 | John Bohannon (25) | John Bohannon (13) | Jason Brickman (8)Hu Long-Mao (8) | Kaohsiung Arena10,058 | 11–7 |-style="background:#fcc" | 19 | February 18 | @ HeroBears | L 74–78 | Hu Long-Mao (13)John Bohannon (13) | John Bohannon (13) | Jason Brickman (5)John Bohannon (5) | University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium2,604 | 11–8 |-style="background:#fcc" | 20 | February 25 | @ DEA | L 86–93 | Mindaugas Kupšas (28) | Mindaugas Kupšas (17) | John Bohannon (6) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium4,271 | 11–9
|-style="background:#fcc" | 21 | March 4 | @ GhostHawks | L 100–107 | Jason Brickman (21) | John Bohannon (16) | Jason Brickman (7) | Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium1,185 | 11–10 |-style="background:#cfc" | 22 | March 8 | HeroBears | W 109–97 | Mindaugas Kupšas (28) | Mindaugas Kupšas (13) | Jason Brickman (11) | Kaohsiung Arena2,858 | 12–10 |-style="background:#cfc" | 23 | March 11 | Suns | W 97–92 | Mindaugas Kupšas (25) | Mindaugas Kupšas (16) | Jason Brickman (17) | Kaohsiung Arena5,227 | 13–10 |-style="background:#fcc" | 24 | March 12 | GhostHawks | L 94–106 | Mindaugas Kupšas (23) | Mindaugas Kupšas (16) | Jason Brickman (8) | Kaohsiung Arena5,188 | 13–11 |-style="background:#fcc" | 25 | March 18 | @ Leopards | L 82–90 | Jason Brickman (21) | John Bohannon (15) | Jason Brickman (9) | National Taiwan Sport University Arena10,212 | 13–12 |-style="background:#cfc" | 26 | — | Suns | W 20–0 | colspan=4 style="text-align:center"|Called Win | 14–12 |-style="background:#cfc" | 27 | March 26 | @ Leopards | W 106–93 | Xavier Alexander (24) | Xavier Alexander (12) | Jason Brickman (13) | National Taiwan Sport University Arena8,212 | 15–12
|-style="background:#fcc" | 28 | April 1 | @ GhostHawks | L 91–108 | John Bohannon (16) | John Bohannon (13) | Jason Brickman (6) | Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium1,150 || 15–13 |-style="background:#fcc" | 29 | April 9 | @ HeroBears | L 87–99 | Yu Huan-Ya (16) | Xavier Alexander (14) | Jason Brickman (11) | Fu Jen Catholic University Chung Mei Auditorium1,178 | 15–14 |-style="background:#cfc" | 30 | April 16 | @ Suns | W 111–104 | Hu Long-Mao (31) | John Bohannon (17) | Jason Brickman (13) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium1,763 | 16–14
Regular season note Due to the Taichung Suns could not reach the minimum player number, the T1 League declared that the game on January 14 would be postponed. Due to the Taichung Suns could not cooperate with the make-up game, the T1 League announced that the game on January 14 was called win to Kaohsiung Aquas.
Playoffs
Game log
|-style="background:#fcc" | 1 | April 28 | @ GhostHawks | L 103–117 | Hu Long-Mao (27) | John Bohannon (10) | Jason Brickman (7)Xavier Alexander (7) | Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium1,004 | 0–1 |-style="background:#cfc" | 2 | April 30 | @ GhostHawks | W 124–103 | Jason Brickman (34) | John Bohannon (17) | Jason Brickman (12) | Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium1,507 | 1–1 |-style="background:#fcc" | 3 | May 3 | GhostHawks | L 88–97 | Jason Brickman (24) | John Bohannon (14) | Jason Brickman (8) | Kaohsiung Arena4,838 | 1–2 |-style="background:#cfc" | 4 | May 5 | GhostHawks | W 99–98 | Yu Huan-Ya (22) | John Bohannon (10) | Jason Brickman (11) | Kaohsiung Arena6,166 | 2–2 |-style="background:#fcc" | 5 | May 8 | @ GhostHawks | L 99–105 | John Bohannon (23) | Hu Long-Mao (10) | Jason Brickman (9) | Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium2,064 | 2–3
Player statistics 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<noinclude>
Regular season Player GP MPG PPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG Elijah Thomas≠‡ 3 17:10 11.0 52.0% 0.0% 53.8% 7.3 0.0 0.7 1.3 Wang Yung-Cheng 8 3:38 0.8 40.0% 33.3% 25.0% 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 Jason Brickman 29 42:15 16.1 42.2% 37.6% 75.4% 6.4 9.6 2.0 0.0 Yu Huan-Ya 29 34:45 11.5 42.6% 39.9% 57.7% 3.2 2.5 0.8 0.1 Chiu Tzu-Hsuan 28 19:39 7.7 36.5% 28.0% 86.8% 3.0 1.2 0.8 0.0 Chen Huai-An 18 5:20 2.4 40.5% 38.9% 75.0% 0.9 1.4 0.1 0.0 Hu Long-Mao 28 29:13 14.3 40.5% 33.7% 66.7% 4.7 2.7 1.1 0.0 Lin Jen-Hung 19 24:58 8.6 42.3% 29.1% 75.0% 2.2 2.1 1.2 0.3 Xavier Alexander≠ 5 25:16 12.8 37.5% 26.1% 55.2% 8.8 3.8 0.6 0.4 Wu I-Ping 28 9:41 2.4 31.9% 18.5% 80.0% 1.6 0.6 0.2 0.2 Lu Wei-Ting 21 10:14 2.9 30.3% 19.4% 55.6% 2.0 0.4 0.8 0.3 John Bohannon 27 21:05 9.2 53.4% 20.0% 50.0% 10.0 2.3 1.1 0.7 Su Wen-Ju 21 8:33 3.4 46.0% 48.0% 93.3% 1.4 0.3 0.5 0.0 Yu Chun-An 27 7:11 2.5 36.2% 25.0% 41.2% 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.1 Mindaugas Kupšas 22 32:18 21.1 54.1% 0.0% 75.3% 11.8 2.4 1.0 1.2 Wu Siao-Jin 29 16:42 6.8 42.9% 33.7% 66.7% 1.0 0.3 0.5 0.1 Chin Ming-Ching 8 3:42 1.3 42.9% 0.0% 66.7% 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 ‡ Left during the season ≠ Acquired during the season
Semifinals Player GP MPG PPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG Wang Yung-Cheng Did not play Jason Brickman 5 45:11 22.2 50.0% 27.8% 84.6% 4.6 9.4 1.8 0.0 Yu Huan-Ya 5 28:26 12.8 44.4% 45.7% 100.0% 2.4 1.2 0.6 0.0 Chiu Tzu-Hsuan 5 25:24 9.8 38.1% 36.0% 80.0% 3.2 1.6 1.0 0.0 Chen Huai-An 2 3:48 3.0 50.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 Hu Long-Mao 5 38:02 16.2 33.3% 28.1% 52.9% 6.0 2.6 0.6 0.0 Lin Jen-Hung 3 9:50 3.0 50.0% 0.0% 50.0% 0.7 1.3 0.3 0.0 Xavier Alexander 5 12:44 4.4 31.8% 16.7% 63.6% 2.2 2.0 0.4 1.0 Wu I-Ping 2 1:53 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Lu Wei-Ting 5 11:33 4.8 30.4% 21.4% 70.0% 1.0 0.6 1.0 0.4 John Bohannon 5 37:01 16.0 55.9% 25.0% 63.2% 12.0 4.4 2.4 1.8 Su Wen-Ju 5 11:26 3.6 40.0% 14.3% 83.3% 1.2 0.4 1.2 0.0 Yu Chun-An 5 10:47 4.4 34.8% 25.0% 50.0% 1.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 Mindaugas Kupšas Did not play Wu Siao-Jin 5 10:30 5.4 35.7% 31.3% 50.0% 1.2 0.4 0.6 0.2 Chin Ming-Ching 2 1:45 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 Reference：
Transactions
Overview Players added Via draft Chiu Tzu-Hsuan Via free agency Xavier Alexander John Bohannon Elijah Thomas Wang Yung-ChengPlayers lost Via free agency Xavier Alexander Ferrakohn Hall Li Han-Sheng Negus Webster-Chan Waived Elijah Thomas
Trades Date Trade Ref. July 11, 2022To Kaohsiung Aquas 2022 DEA's first-round pickTo New Taipei CTBC DEA Cash considerations
Free agency Re-signed Date Player Contract terms Ref. July 20, 2022 Mindaugas Kupšas July 21, 2022 Jason Brickman July 22, 2022 Yu Huan-Ya July 26, 2022 Lin Jen-Hung
Additions Date Player Contract terms Former team Ref. July 31, 2022 Chiu Tzu-Hsuan ISU August 30, 2022 Wang Yung-Cheng Kaohsiung Jeoutai Technology October 5, 2022 John Bohannon Manawatu Jets January 18, 2023 Elijah Thomas Earthfriends Tokyo Z March 17, 2023 Xavier Alexander Singapore Slingers
Subtractions Date Player Reason New team Ref. July 2, 2022 Xavier Alexander Contract expired Halcones de Xalapa July 3, 2022 Li Han-Sheng Contract expired Tainan TSG GhostHawks September 9, 2022 Ferrakohn Hall Contract expired September 20, 2022 Negus Webster-Chan Contract expired Team AboutBillions March 7, 2023 Elijah Thomas Contract terminated Pioneros de Los Mochis
Awards Yearly Awards Recipient Award Ref. Hu Long-Mao All-Defensive First Team Jason Brickman All-T1 League First Team
MVP of the Month Month Recipient Award Ref. April Hu Long-Mao April MVP of the Month
References