The 2023–24 Kaohsiung Aquas season was the franchise's third season, its third season in the T1 League.
The Aquas were coached by Brendan Joyce in his third year as their head coach.
Draft
Round Pick Player Position(s) School / club team 1 5 Tang Wei-Chieh Guard VMI Reference:
Roster
Preseason Game log
|-style="background:#cfc" | 1 | October 14 | @ Leopards | W 98–94 | Perry Jones (24) | Mindaugas Kupšas (7) | Jason Brickman (13) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium1,236 | 1–0 |-style="background:#cfc" | 2 | October 15 | DEA | W 87–80 | Jason Brickman (19) | Perry Jones (15) | Jason Brickman (7) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium1,932 | 2–0
Interleague Basketball Games Game log
Regular season
Standings
Game log
|-style="background:#fcc" | 1 | October 29 | @ DEA | L 77–86 | Mindaugas Kupšas (20) | Mindaugas Kupšas (18) | Jason Brickman (5) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium4,032 | 0–1
|-style="background:#fcc" | 2 | November 25 | @ Leopards | L 95–110 | Mindaugas Kupšas (18) | Jason Brickman (7)Hu Long-Mao (7) | Jason Brickman (9) | Taoyuan Arena1,023 | 0–2 |-style="background:#fcc" | 3 | November 26 | @ Mars | L 110–124 | Mindaugas Kupšas (24) | Jason Brickman (9) | Jason Brickman (13) | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium4,502 | 0–3
|-style="background:#cfc" | 4 | December 2 | DEA | W 94–93 | Mindaugas Kupšas (29) | Mindaugas Kupšas (15) | Jason Brickman (14) | Kaohsiung Arena8,012 | 1–3 |-style="background:#fcc" | 5 | December 3 | GhostHawks | L 89–98 | Mindaugas Kupšas (22) | Mindaugas Kupšas (9) | Jason Brickman (14) | Kaohsiung Arena6,237 | 1–4 |-style="background:#cfc" | 6 | December 9 | Leopards | W 122–104 | Hu Long-Mao (33) | Hu Long-Mao (11) | Jason Brickman (20) | Kaohsiung Arena6,318 | 2–4 |-style="background:#cfc" | 7 | December 10 | GhostHawks | W 110–82 | Hu Long-Mao (24) | Jason Brickman (8)Hu Long-Mao (8) | Jason Brickman (17) | Kaohsiung Arena5,634 | 3–4 |-style="background:#fcc" | 8 | December 16 | @ DEA | L 100–102 | Yu Huan-Ya (32) | Mindaugas Kupšas (9) | Jason Brickman (11) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium4,301 | 3–5 |-style="background:#cfc" | 9 | December 23 | @ Mars | W 114–98 | Jason Brickman (31) | Jason Brickman (12) | Jason Brickman (16) | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium4,344 | 4–5 |-style="background:#cfc" | 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 Gymnasium1,331 | 5–5 |-style="background:#cfc" | 11 | December 30 | @ Mars | W 109–106 | Mindaugas Kupšas (29) | Mindaugas Kupšas (12) | Jason Brickman (14) | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium3,456 | 6–5
|-style="background:#fcc" | 12 | January 6 | Leopards | L 99–103 | Jason Brickman (27) | Mindaugas Kupšas (7)Perry Jones (7) | Jason Brickman (11) | Kaohsiung Arena5,021 | 6–6 |-style="background:#cfc" | 13 | January 7 | GhostHawks | W 120–111 | Hu Long-Mao (34) | Hu Long-Mao (10)Mindaugas Kupšas (10) | Jason Brickman (13) | Kaohsiung Arena5,816 | 7–6 |-style="background:#cfc" | 14 | January 12 | Mars | W 111–86 | Mindaugas Kupšas (30) | Mindaugas Kupšas (18) | Jason Brickman (13) | Kaohsiung Arena3,982 | 8–6 |-style="background:#cfc" | 15 | January 14 | DEA | W 99–93 | Jason Brickman (24) | Mindaugas Kupšas (11) | Jason Brickman (11) | Kaohsiung Arena5,868 | 9–6 |-style="background:#cfc" | 16 | January 27 | @ Leopards | W 108–101 | Jason Brickman (25) | Mindaugas Kupšas (13) | Jason Brickman (11) | Taoyuan Arena6,215 | 10–6
|-style="background:#cfc" | 17 | February 17 | Mars | W 98–94 | Mindaugas Kupšas (21) | Mindaugas Kupšas (10) | Jason Brickman (13) | Kaohsiung Arena6,057 | 11–6 |-style="background:#cfc" | 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 Arena6,123 | 12–6
|-style="background:#fcc" | 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 Gymnasium1,688 | 12–7 |-style="background:#fcc" | 20 | March 23 | @ Mars | L 94–100 | Mindaugas Kupšas (26) | Mindaugas Kupšas (14) | Shannon Scott (8) | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium4,868 | 12–8 |-style="background:#fcc" | 21 | March 24 | @ DEA | L 87–90 | Mindaugas Kupšas (32) | Shannon Scott (17) | Shannon Scott (8) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium4,091 | 12–9 |-style="background:#cfc" | 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 Gymnasium1,382 | 13–9
|-style="background:#fcc" | 23 | April 6 | DEA | L 93–108 | Wu Siao-Jin (29) | Hu Long-Mao (9)Mindaugas Kupšas (9) | Shannon Scott (11) | Kaohsiung Arena6,618 | 13–10 |-style="background:#cfc" | 24 | April 7 | Mars | W 107–89 | Mindaugas Kupšas (26) | Mindaugas Kupšas (9) | Shannon Scott (12) | Kaohsiung Arena5,573 | 14–10 |-style="background:#fcc" | 25 | April 13 | @ Leopards | L 78–117 | Mindaugas Kupšas (15) | Mindaugas Kupšas (11) | Shannon Scott (12) | Taoyuan Arena2,567 | 14–11 |-style="background:#ccc" | — | April 20 | @ Leopards | colspan = 6 style="text-align:center"|Rescheduled to April 13 |-style="background:#cfc" | 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 Gymnasium1,799 | 15–11 |-style="background:#fcc" | 27 | April 27 | DEA | L 99–121 | Shannon Scott (22) | Shannon Scott (11) | Hu Long-Mao (6) | Fengshan Arena3,259 | 15–12 |-style="background:#fcc" | 28 | April 28 | Leopards | L 109–113 | Shannon Scott (27) | Shannon Scott (12)Aaron Geramipoor (12) | Shannon Scott (11) | Fengshan Arena4,577 | 15–13
Regular season note Due to the second home arena application of New Taipei CTBC DEA, the T1 League declared that the game on April 20 would be rescheduled to April 13.
Playoffs
Game log
|-style="background:#fcc" | 1 | May 5 | @ Leopards | L 76–90 | Mindaugas Kupšas (19) | Mindaugas Kupšas (12) | Shannon Scott (7) | Taoyuan Arena5,515 | 0–1 |-style="background:#fcc" | 2 | May 7 | @ Leopards | L 98–107 | Hu Long-Mao (28) | Mindaugas Kupšas (13) | Shannon Scott (6) | Taoyuan Arena2,758 | 0–2 |-style="background:#fcc" | 3 | May 10 | Leopards | L 111–113 (OT) | Shannon Scott (24) | Aaron Geramipoor (14) | Shannon Scott (11) | Fengshan Arena4,123 | 0–3
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 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 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 Reference:
Transactions
On March 18, 2024, Jason Brickman was not registered in the 2023–24 T1 League season final rosters.
Overview Players added Via draft Tang Wei-Chieh Via free agency Aaron Geramipoor Perry Jones Shannon ScottPlayers lost Via free agency Xavier Alexander John Bohannon
Free agency Re-signed Date Player Contract terms Ref. August 5, 2023 Jason Brickman August 6, 2023 Mindaugas Kupšas August 24, 2023 Wu Siao-Jin August 27, 2023 Chin Ming-Ching August 29, 2023 Wu I-Ping
Additions Date Player Contract terms Former team Ref. August 4, 2023 Tang Wei-Chieh VMI August 10, 2023 Aaron Geramipoor Taichung Suns August 11, 2023 Perry Jones Capitanes de Arecibo March 5, 2024 Shannon Scott Brisbane Bullets
Subtractions Date Player Reason New team Ref. August 8, 2023 John Bohannon Contract expired Tijuana Zonkeys August 8, 2023 Xavier Alexander Contract expired Tangerang Hawks
Awards Yearly awards Recipient Award Ref. Jason Brickman Assists Leader Mindaugas Kupšas Blocks Leader All-Defensive First Team Defensive Player of the Year Hu Long-Mao All-T1 League First Team All-Defensive First Team
MVP of the Month Month Recipient Award Ref. December Hu Long-Mao December MVP of the Month January Chiu Tzu-Hsuan January MVP of the Month
Import of the Month Month Recipient Award Ref. December Jason Brickman December Import of the Month February & March Mindaugas Kupšas February & March Import of the Month
References