The 2024–25 Kaohsiung Aquas season was the franchise's fourth season, its first season in the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL).
On May 23, 2024, the Aquas announced that Brendan Joyce left the team. On July 10, the Aquas hired Mathias Fischer as their new head coach.
Draft
Round Pick Player Position(s) School / club team 1 4 Wei Liang-Che Guard NKNU Reference:
Roster
Summer League Game log
Preseason Game log
|-style="background:#cfc" | 1 | October 6 | @ Lioneers | W 102–78 | Wu Siao-Jin (20) | Kaleb Wesson (10) | Jason Brickman (8) | Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium2,807 | 1–0 |-style="background:#cfc" | 2 | October 12 | Dreamers | W 118–93 | Anthony Morse (22) | Kaleb Wesson (12) | Chen Huai-An (7) | Hsinchu County Stadium3,169 | 2–0
Regular season
Standings
Game log
|-style="background:#fcc" | 1 | October 19 | Kings | L 78–88 | Kaleb Wesson (20) | Hu Long-Mao (9)Kaleb Wesson (9) | Jason Brickman (11) | Kaohsiung Arena8,156 | 0–1 |-style="background:#cfc" | 2 | October 20 | Lioneers | W 93–79 | Kaleb Wesson (26) | Kaleb Wesson (13) | Chen Huai-An (8) | Kaohsiung Arena4,164 | 1–1 |-style="background:#cfc" | 3 | October 26 | Mars | W 88–71 | Kaleb Wesson (15) | Kaleb Wesson (10) | Jason Brickman (8) | Kaohsiung Arena3,619 | 2–1 |-style="background:#cfc" | 4 | October 27 | Leopards | W 88–87 | Kaleb Wesson (19) | Kaleb Wesson (12) | Chen Huai-An (9) | Kaohsiung Arena3,588 | 3–1
|-style="background:#fcc" | 5 | November 2 | @ DEA | L 97–107 | Anthony Morse (23) | Anthony Morse (15) | Jason Brickman (12) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium4,979 | 3–2 |-style="background:#fcc" | 6 | November 9 | @ Dreamers | L 90–99 | Kaleb Wesson (27) | Kaleb Wesson (17) | Jason Brickman (11) | Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium3,000 | 3–3
|-style="background:#cfc" | 7 | December 1 | @ Leopards | W 106–94 (OT) | Kaleb Wesson (31) | Kaleb Wesson (13) | Anthony Morse (6)Su Wen-Ju (6) | Taoyuan Arena4,227 | 4–3 |-style="background:#cfc" | 8 | December 14 | Leopards | W 95–87 | Su Wen-Ju (22) | Kaleb Wesson (15) | Chen Huai-An (6) | Kaohsiung Arena4,062 | 5–3 |-style="background:#fcc" | 9 | December 15 | Kings | L 78–107 | Edgaras Želionis (17) | Anthony Morse (7)Chen Huai-An (7) | Chen Huai-An (6) | Kaohsiung Arena9,223 | 5–4 |-style="background:#cfc" | 10 | December 18 | Mars | W 102–94 | Anthony Morse (25) | Edgaras Želionis (17) | Chen Huai-An (11) | Kaohsiung Arena2,371 | 6–4 |-style="background:#cfc" | 11 | December 20 | Leopards | W 105–95 | Edgaras Želionis (24) | Edgaras Želionis (13) | Chen Huai-An (14) | Kaohsiung Arena2,912 | 7–4 |-style="background:#fcc" | 12 | December 22 | Dreamers | L 84–97 | Edgaras Želionis (15) | Edgaras Želionis (16) | Chen Huai-An (6) | Kaohsiung Arena5,328 | 7–5 |-style="background:#fcc" | 13 | December 28 | @ Kings | L 108–111 (2OT) | Edgaras Želionis (30) | Edgaras Želionis (18) | Chen Huai-An (14) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium5,659 | 7–6
|-style="background:#fcc" | 14 | January 5 | @ Mars | L 90–100 | Anthony Morse (24) | Anthony Morse (12) | Wei Liang-Che (6) | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium3,326 | 7–7 |-style="background:#fcc" | 15 | January 11 | DEA | L 72–88 | Craig Sword (17) | Anthony Morse (15) | Yu Huan-Ya (4)Edgaras Želionis (4) | Kaohsiung Arena2,856 | 7–8 |-style="background:#cfc" | 16 | January 12 | Lioneers | W 103–78 | Edgaras Želionis (25) | Edgaras Želionis (17) | Chen Huai-An (7) | Kaohsiung Arena4,015 | 8–8 |-style="background:#cfc" | 17 | January 15 | Mars | W 98–76 | Craig Sword (23) | Edgaras Želionis (15) | Craig Sword (6) | Kaohsiung Arena2,812 | 9–8 |-style="background:#cfc" | 18 | January 18 | Dreamers | W 105–95 | Craig Sword (39) | Edgaras Želionis (13) | Chiu Tzu-Hsuan (5) | Kaohsiung Arena4,671 | 10–8 |-style="background:#cfc" | 19 | January 19 | DEA | W 104–91 | Su Wen-Ju (22) | Anthony Morse (8) | Yu Huan-Ya (8) | Kaohsiung Arena4,608 | 11–8
|-style="background:#fcc" | 20 | February 5 | @ Lioneers | L 91–97 | Edgaras Želionis (26) | Anthony Morse (16) | Craig Sword (5) | Hsinchu County Stadium3,578 | 11–9 |-style="background:#fcc" | 21 | February 28 | @ DEA | L 79–85 | Craig Sword (24) | Edgaras Želionis (13) | Chiu Tzu-Hsuan (7) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium4,016 | 11–10
|-style="background:#cfc" | 22 | March 2 | @ Mars | W 99–80 | Anthony Morse (23)Edgaras Želionis (23) | Anthony Morse (14)Edgaras Želionis (14) | Chiu Tzu-Hsuan (4)Yu Huan-Ya (4) | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium2,991 | 12–10 |-style="background:#cfc" | 23 | March 8 | Lioneers | W 104–88 | Craig Sword (32) | Anthony Morse (10) | Yu Huan-Ya (6) | Kaohsiung Arena5,081 | 13–10 |-style="background:#cfc" | 24 | March 9 | Dreamers | W 109–95 | Edgaras Želionis (22) | Anthony Morse (10)Edgaras Želionis (10) | Yu Huan-Ya (6) | Kaohsiung Arena6,212 | 14–10 |-style="background:#fcc" | 25 | March 16 | @ Lioneers | L 103–116 | Edgaras Želionis (22) | Anthony Morse (11) | Chiu Tzu-Hsuan (6)Chen Huai-An (6) | Hsinchu County Stadium4,791 | 14–11 |-style="background:#ccc" | — | March 19 | @ Kings | colspan = 6 style="text-align:center"|Rescheduled to April 2 |-style="background:#fcc" | 26 | March 22 | @ Dreamers | L 87–101 | Chiu Tzu-Hsuan (23) | Edgaras Želionis (10) | Yu Huan-Ya (4) | Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium2,793 | 14–12 |-style="background:#cfc" | 27 | March 26 | @ DEA | W 87–78 | Edgaras Želionis (22) | Anthony Morse (13) | Yu Huan-Ya (6)Chiu Tzu-Hsuan (6) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium2,933 | 15–12
|-style="background:#fcc" | 28 | April 2 | @ Kings | L 91–111 | Craig Sword (22) | Anthony Morse (7)Edgaras Želionis (7) | Chen Huai-An (5) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium3,066 | 15–13 |-style="background:#fcc" | 29 | April 5 | @ Kings | L 92–106 | Anthony Morse (22) | Craig Sword (11) | Craig Sword (6) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium4,295 | 15–14 |-style="background:#fcc" | 30 | April 11 | @ Leopards | L 103–107 | Chiu Tzu-Hsuan (21)Yu Huan-Ya (21) | Kaleb Wesson (15) | Craig Sword (5) | Taoyuan Arena3,813 | 15–15 |-style="background:#cfc" | 31 | April 13 | @ Mars | W 96–76 | Kaleb Wesson (21) | Kaleb Wesson (19) | Yu Huan-Ya (6) | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium3,699 | 16–15 |-style="background:#cfc" | 32 | April 20 | @ Leopards | W 103–75 | Chiu Tzu-Hsuan (24) | Kaleb Wesson (15) | Yu Huan-Ya (8) | Taoyuan Arena5,322 | 17–15 |-style="background:#cfc" | 33 | April 26 | Kings | W 97–83 | Anthony Morse (24) | Kaleb Wesson (21) | Kaleb Wesson (6) | Kaohsiung Arena7,386 | 18–15 |-style="background:#cfc" | 34 | April 27 | DEA | W 91–80 (OT) | Kaleb Wesson (20) | Anthony Morse (14) | Chiu Tzu-Hsuan (7) | Kaohsiung Arena5,015 | 19–15
|-style="background:#fcc" | 35 | May 4 | @ Dreamers | L 101–104 | Kaleb Wesson (25) | Kaleb Wesson (16) | Yu Huan-Ya (4)Chen Huai-An (4) | Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium2,813 | 19–16 |-style="background:#fcc" | 36 | May 11 | @ Lioneers | L 99–118 | Craig Sword (23) | Kaleb Wesson (8) | Yu Huan-Ya (9) | Hsinchu County Stadium4,312 | 19–17
Regular season note Due to the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup qualification, the TPBL declared that the game on March 19 would be rescheduled to April 2.
Playoffs
Game log
|-style="background:#cfc" | 1 | May 29 | @ Dreamers | W 104–99 | Yu Huan-Ya (24) | Kaleb Wesson (8) | Hu Long-Mao (6) | Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium3,000 | 1–0 |-style="background:#cfc" | 2 | May 31 | @ Dreamers | W 93–90 | Chiu Tzu-Hsuan (24) | Kaleb Wesson (11) | Chiu Tzu-Hsuan (4)Craig Sword (4)Yu Huan-Ya (4) | Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium3,000 | 2–0 |-style="background:#cfc" | 3 | June 4 | Dreamers | W 88–79 | Hu Long-Mao (23) | Kaleb Wesson (18) | Craig Sword (5) | Kaohsiung Arena6,018 | 3–0 |-style="background:#fcc" | 4 | June 6 | Dreamers | L 92–106 | Yu Huan-Ya (21) | Kaleb Wesson (9) | Craig Sword (6) | Kaohsiung Arena7,123 | 3–1 |-style="background:#cfc" | 5 | June 8 | @ Dreamers | W 105–102 | Anthony Morse (24) | Su Wen-Ju (8)Craig Sword (8) | Hu Long-Mao (7) | Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium3,000 | 4–1
|-style="background:#fcc" | 1 | June 16 | @ Kings | L 89–100 | Craig Sword (23) | Kaleb Wesson (12) | Kaleb Wesson (7) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium6,800 | 0–1 |-style="background:#cfc" | 2 | June 18 | @ Kings | W 99–91 | Craig Sword (17)Edgaras Želionis (17) | Kaleb Wesson (16) | Kaleb Wesson (5) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium6,800 | 1–1 |-style="background:#fcc" | 3 | June 21 | Kings | L 99–104 | Craig Sword (26) | Edgaras Želionis (12) | Yu Huan-Ya (7) | Kaohsiung Arena12,000 | 1–2 |-style="background:#cfc" | 4 | June 23 | Kings | W 117–99 | Edgaras Želionis (25) | Edgaras Želionis (8) | Yu Huan-Ya (8) | Kaohsiung Arena10,142 | 2–2 |-style="background:#fcc" | 5 | June 25 | @ Kings | L 83–93 | Edgaras Želionis (17)Craig Sword (17) | Edgaras Želionis (14) | Craig Sword (4) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium6,800 | 2–3 |-style="background:#cfc" | 6 | June 27 | Kings | 112–109 (OT) | Craig Sword (26) | Kaleb Wesson (9) | Craig Sword (9) | Kaohsiung Arena12,000 | 3–3 |-style="background:#fcc" | 7 | June 29 | @ Kings | L 89–108 | Kaleb Wesson (25) | Kaleb Wesson (12) | Chen Huai-An (8) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium6,800 | 3–4
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 Wei Liang-Che 24 11:12 2.3 29.3% 23.5% 40.0% 1.0 1.8 0.4 0.0 Edgaras Želionis≠ 19 33:54 18.1 48.7% 24.0% 86.5% 11.7 2.6 1.3 0.7 Craig Sword≠ 20 28:07 18.6 42.5% 35.7% 75.7% 5.3 3.4 1.9 0.5 Jason Brickman‡ 6 29:03 7.7 34.7% 23.5% 88.9% 3.2 8.2 1.8 0.0 Yu Huan-Ya 35 26:27 8.6 37.0% 35.7% 55.8% 1.9 3.5 0.8 0.0 Chiu Tzu-Hsuan 19 27:41 10.4 37.3% 25.7% 61.9% 3.8 3.5 1.9 0.1 Hu Long-Mao 33 19:30 8.0 40.0% 29.0% 64.6% 3.3 1.4 0.7 0.1 Tang Wei-Chieh 25 9:46 4.3 40.2% 33.3% 57.1% 2.1 0.3 0.6 0.1 Lin Jen-Hung 35 14:53 3.0 38.0% 30.6% 35.0% 1.6 0.5 0.5 0.1 Terrence Bieshaar‡ 3 20:18 4.3 26.7% 20.0% 60.0% 2.7 1.0 0.3 0.3 Wu I-Ping 4 4:00 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 Lu Wei-Ting 19 6:27 2.0 42.9% 31.6% 53.3% 1.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 Anthony Morse 35 31:56 15.8 47.9% 20.0% 72.3% 10.1 1.2 0.8 0.4 Arnett Moultrie≠‡ 2 20:00 3.0 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 5.5 1.5 0.0 0.5 Su Wen-Ju 31 28:22 10.9 39.5% 35.6% 75.5% 4.2 2.1 1.5 0.1 Yu Chun-An 32 7:50 2.7 38.8% 31.4% 45.0% 1.0 0.4 0.7 0.1 Kaleb Wesson 15 35:39 19.4 51.0% 41.4% 65.4% 13.3 3.5 1.5 1.3 Wu Siao-Jin 32 14:18 3.8 33.8% 26.7% 66.7% 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.0 Chen Huai-An 33 20:01 5.2 31.1% 24.3% 54.3% 2.5 4.7 0.9 0.2 Chin Ming-Ching 14 6:11 0.6 30.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.0 ‡ Left during the season ≠ Acquired during the season
Semifinals Player GP MPG PPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG Wei Liang-Che Did not play Edgaras Želionis 1 25:41 13.0 50.0% 40.0% 100.0% 5.0 3.0 1.0 0.0 Craig Sword 5 37:38 15.6 40.6% 22.6% 79.2% 5.4 4.4 1.2 0.0 Yu Huan-Ya 5 32:20 16.0 45.6% 37.8% 78.6% 1.4 3.6 0.6 0.2 Chiu Tzu-Hsuan 5 32:52 12.6 41.8% 20.0% 68.8% 2.4 2.6 2.4 0.2 Hu Long-Mao 5 35:43 17.8 50.0% 45.7% 64.7% 4.6 4.6 0.8 0.0 Tang Wei-Chieh 2 2:29 2.0 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 Lin Jen-Hung 1 10:49 3.0 33.3% 100.0% 0.0% 2.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 Wu I-Ping Did not play Lu Wei-Ting 3 1:24 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Anthony Morse 4 27:32 12.8 46.2% 0.0% 68.2% 6.5 1.3 0.5 0.8 Su Wen-Ju 4 31:04 9.8 40.0% 31.3% 83.3% 5.8 1.8 0.8 0.5 Yu Chun-An 2 8:19 3.0 50.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 Kaleb Wesson 5 30:13 8.6 29.8% 25.0% 50.0% 10.4 2.8 2.0 1.6 Wu Siao-Jin 1 1:37 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Chen Huai-An 5 11:31 2.6 33.3% 25.0% 55.6% 1.6 2.0 1.2 0.0 Chin Ming-Ching Did not play
Finals