The 2025–26 Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers season was the franchise's sixth season, its second season in the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL).
The Lioneers were coached by Wesam Al-Sous in his second year as head coach.
Draft
Round Pick Player Position(s) School / club team 1 1 Liu Cheng-Hsun Forward UCH Reference：
Roster
International friendship match
LEVANGA CUP 2025 Game log
Preseason Game log
|-style="background:#cfc" | 1 | October 3 | @ Aquas | W 98–88 | Isaiah Reese (19) | TJ Holyfield (9) | Isaiah Reese (4) | Pingtung County Stadium | 1–0 |-style="background:#fcc" | 2 | October 4 | Dreamers | L 88–94 | Kao Kuo-Hao (20) | Drew Pember (8) | Isaiah Reese (5) | Pingtung County Stadium | 1–1
Regular season
Standings
Game log
|-style="background:#cfc" | 1 | October 26 | @ Aquas | W 101–82 | Drew Pember (29) | Drew Pember (19) | Tseng Po-Yu (5) | Kaohsiung Arena4,531 | 1–0
|-style="background:#fcc" | 2 | November 2 | @ DEA | L 91–94 | Drew Pember (16) | Drew Pember (12) | Anžejs Pasečņiks (4) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium4,108 | 1–1 |-style="background:#fcc" | 3 | November 5 | @ Dreamers | L 81–82 | Drew Pember (24) | Drew Pember (18) | Tseng Po-Yu (7) | Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium2,109 | 1–2 |-style="background:#cfc" | 4 | November 8 | @ Kings | W 108–89 | Craig Sword (32) | TJ Holyfield (7) | Kao Kuo-Hao (10) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium3,678 | 2–2 |-style="background:#cfc" | 5 | November 15 | DEA | W 102–85 | Drew Pember (27) | Drew Pember (14) | Tseng Po-Yu (8) | Hsinchu County Stadium5,532 | 3–2 |-style="background:#cfc" | 6 | November 16 | Aquas | W 97–89 | Drew Pember (18) | Drew Pember (16) | Tseng Po-Yu (8) | Hsinchu County Stadium4,821 | 4–2 |-style="background:#fcc" | 7 | November 22 | @ Dreamers | L 98–113 | Kao Kuo-Hao (28)Craig Sword (28) | TJ Holyfield (8) | Drew Pember (3)Liu Cheng-Hsun (3) | Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium3,000 | 4–3
|-style="background:#fcc" | 8 | December 3 | @ Mars | L 98–100 | Drew Pember (34) | Drew Pember (13) | Tseng Po-Yu (7) | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium3,158 | 4–4 |-style="background:#fcc" | 9 | December 6 | @ Leopards | L 94–96 | Drew Pember (20) | Drew Pember (18) | Liu Cheng-Hsun (4)Lu Kuan-Hsuan (4) | Taoyuan Arena5,827 | 4–5 |-style="background:#fcc" | 10 | December 13 | @ Aquas | L 89–99 | Drew Pember (19) | Drew Pember (17) | Tseng Po-Yu (7) | Kaohsiung Arena4,614 | 4–6 |-style="background:#cfc" | 11 | December 20 | Dreamers | W 90–85 | Tseng Po-Yu (17) | Anžejs Pasečņiks (13) | Tseng Po-Yu (8) | Hsinchu County Stadium4,817 | 5–6 |-style="background:#fcc" | 12 | December 21 | Mars | L 83–94 | TJ Holyfield (20) | TJ Holyfield (11) | Tseng Po-Yu (6) | Hsinchu County Stadium4,508 | 5–7 |-style="background:#cfc" | 13 | December 24 | Leopards | W 98–82 | Drew Pember (32) | Drew Pember (12) | Tseng Po-Yu (9) | Hsinchu County Stadium4,158 | 6–7 |-style="background:#cfc" | 14 | December 27 | @ Kings | W 97–90 | Kao Kuo-Hao (18)Anžejs Pasečņiks (18) | Drew Pember (12) | Tseng Po-Yu (6) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium3,868 | 7–7
|-style="background:#cfc" | 15 | January 3 | @ DEA | W 84–79 | Drew Pember (16) | Anžejs Pasečņiks (14) | Tseng Po-Yu (4) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium4,872 | 8–7 |-style="background:#cfc" | 16 | January 11 | @ Aquas | W 95–79 | Drew Pember (27) | Drew Pember (13) | Tseng Po-Yu (9) | Kaohsiung Arena4,858 | 9–7 |-style="background:#cfc" | 17 | January 18 | @ Mars | W 101–98 | Kao Kuo-Hao (32) | Drew Pember (11)Anžejs Pasečņiks (11) | Tseng Po-Yu (8) | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium4,075 | 10–7 |-style="background:#cfc" | 18 | January 24 | Dreamers | W 95–91 | Drew Pember (23) | TJ Holyfield (10) | Tseng Po-Yu (6) | Hsinchu County Stadium5,897 | 11–7 |-style="background:#fcc" | 19 | January 25 | Kings | L 87–94 | Drew Pember (21) | Drew Pember (10)Anžejs Pasečņiks (10) | Tseng Po-Yu (7) | Hsinchu County Stadium5,559 | 11–8 |-style="background:#fcc" | 20 | January 31 | @ Leopards | L 88–92 | Drew Pember (17) | TJ Holyfield (12) | Tseng Po-Yu (7) | Taoyuan City Zhongli Civil Sports Center2,000 | 11–9
|-style="background:#fcc" | 21 | February 15 | @ Kings | L 85–100 | TJ Holyfield (20) | TJ Holyfield (13) | Kao Kuo-Hao (4)Tseng Po-Yu (4) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium4,059 | 11–10
|-style="background:#cfc" | 22 | March 7 | @ Leopards | W 114–111 | Kao Kuo-Hao (24) | Drew Pember (14) | Tseng Po-Yu (7) | Taoyuan City Zhongli Civil Sports Center2,000 | 12–10 |-style="background:#fcc" | 23 | March 11 | Mars | L 94–102 | Drew Pember (28) | Drew Pember (15) | Tseng Po-Yu (10) | Hsinchu County Stadium3,411 | 12–11 |-style="background:#cfc" | 24 | March 14 | Aquas | W 113–97 | Drew Pember (28) | Drew Pember (14) | Tseng Po-Yu (10) | Hsinchu County Stadium5,217 | 13–11 |-style="background:#cfc" | 25 | March 15 | Kings | W 113–90 | Marin Marić (29) | Marin Marić (16) | Kao Kuo-Hao (9) | Hsinchu County Stadium4,807 | 14–11 |-style="background:#fcc" | 26 | March 22 | @ DEA | L 75–95 | Marin Marić (12) | Marin Marić (12) | Kao Kuo-Hao (5) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium4,255 | 14–12 |-style="background:#cfc" | 27 | March 28 | DEA | W 103–99 | Drew Pember (20) | Marin Marić (15) | Tseng Po-Yu (5) | Hsinchu County Stadium5,291 | 15–12 |-style="background:#cfc" | 28 | March 29 | Leopards | W 102–91 | Kao Kuo-Hao (20) | Drew Pember (19) | Lu Kuan-Hsuan (6) | Hsinchu County Stadium5,007 | 16–12
|-style="background:#cfc" | 29 | April 8 | DEA | W 117–100 | Kao Kuo-Hao (26) | Drew Pember (11) | Kao Kuo-Hao (6)TJ Holyfield (6) | Hsinchu County Stadium3,327 | 17–12 |-style="background:#cfc" | 30 | April 11 | Leopards | W 79–76 | TJ Holyfield (14) | Marin Marić (11) | Kao Kuo-Hao (6) | Hsinchu County Stadium6,012 | 18–12 |-style="background:#fcc" | 31 | April 12 | Dreamers | L 85–94 | Marin Marić (19) | Marin Marić (15) | Tseng Po-Yu (6) | Hsinchu County Stadium5,541 | 18–13 |-style="background:#fcc" | 32 | April 19 | @ Dreamers | L 86–92 | Kao Kuo-Hao (21) | Drew Pember (8)Marin Marić (8) | Drew Pember (6) | Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium3,000 | 18–14 |-style="background:#cfc" | 33 | April 25 | @ Mars | W 104–86 | Lu Kuan-Hsuan (27) | Marin Marić (15) | Tseng Po-Yu (6) | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium4,653 | 19–14 |-style="background:#cfc" | 34 | April 29 | Kings | W 98–78 | Marin Marić (31) | Marin Marić (18) | Tseng Po-Yu (7) | Hsinchu County Stadium3,761 | 20–14
|-style="background:#cfc" | 35 | May 2 | Mars | W 96–73 | Liu Cheng-Hsun (21) | Drew Pember (10) | Marin Marić (5)Tsai Cheng-Kang (5) | Hsinchu County Stadium5,050 | 21–14 |-style="background:#cfc" | 36 | May 3 | Aquas | W 102–99 | Drew Pember (24) | Marin Marić (12) | Drew Pember (11) | Hsinchu County Stadium4,887 | 22–14
Playoffs
Game log
|-style="background:#cfc" | 1 | May 9 | @ Dreamers | W 97–94 | Marin Marić (21) | Marin Marić (11) | Tseng Po-Yu (7) | Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium3,000 | 1–0 |-style="background:#fcc" | 2 | May 12 | @ Dreamers | L 61–83 | Lu Kuan-Hsuan (13) | Drew Pember (14) | Tseng Po-Yu (6) | Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium3,000 | 1–1 |-style="background:#fcc" | 3 | May 14 | Dreamers | L 106–114 | Marin Marić (23) | Marin Marić (11) | Drew Pember (5)Marin Marić (5) | Hsinchu County Stadium5,127 | 1–2 |-style="background:#fcc" | 4 | May 16 | Dreamers | L 93–104 | Marin Marić (24) | Marin Marić (10) | Lu Kuan-Hsuan (6) | Hsinchu County Stadium6,055 | 1–3
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 Li Han-Sheng‡ 6 12:02 2.7 30.0% 23.1% 50.0% 1.0 2.0 0.2 0.0 Jade Tse≠ 14 11:45 4.4 36.2% 50.0% 70.0% 1.3 1.6 0.7 0.0 Drew Pember 34 35:24 18.8 49.7% 32.3% 78.3% 11.5 2.9 1.4 1.1 Craig Sword≠‡ 6 23:49 17.2 46.5% 27.8% 81.3% 4.7 2.0 2.3 0.5 Kao Kuo-Hao 32 32:32 14.7 44.8% 38.7% 78.3% 3.2 3.4 1.6 0.0 Tseng Po-Yu 34 31:11 9.9 40.5% 25.3% 68.2% 3.0 6.0 0.9 0.1 Chu Yun-Hao 15 9:32 3.5 34.0% 32.3% 77.8% 1.1 0.5 0.1 0.1 Tien Hao 19 5:11 2.2 31.7% 28.6% 76.9% 0.3 0.8 0.3 0.0 Liu Cheng-Hsun 36 25:26 8.1 37.4% 37.0% 79.6% 3.4 1.6 0.8 0.3 Hsiao Shun-Yi 15 13:28 3.7 43.8% 18.8% 61.1% 1.5 0.7 0.5 0.0 Lee Chia-Jui 10 2:38 0.7 18.2% 28.6% 50.0% 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.1 Tsai Cheng-Kang 33 18:19 6.2 37.1% 28.0% 68.1% 2.7 1.2 0.5 0.4 Anžejs Pasečņiks 20 29:05 11.8 57.2% 0.0% 42.9% 7.8 1.7 0.9 1.4 TJ Holyfield 32 30:14 10.9 49.1% 33.3% 74.7% 7.8 2.0 1.4 0.8 Karl Breuer 4 2:03 0.8 50.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 Marin Marić≠ 14 29:35 16.4 47.7% 29.5% 69.6% 11.8 2.3 1.6 0.6 Sim Bhullar≠ 1 28:26 15.0 100.0% 0.0% 42.9% 9.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 Lu Kuan-Hsuan 36 18:43 7.0 35.1% 33.1% 77.3% 1.3 1.5 0.5 0.1 Lee Chi-Wei 22 13:09 3.5 33.8% 26.3% 81.8% 1.5 1.2 0.5 0.1 ‡ Left during the season ≠ Acquired during the season
Semifinals Player GP MPG PPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG Jade Tse 3 10:55 3.7 41.7% 50.0% 0.0% 0.3 1.3 0.7 0.0 Drew Pember 3 34:34 10.0 34.8% 26.7% 90.9% 9.7 2.3 1.3 0.7 Kao Kuo-Hao 4 28:02 6.0 24.2% 21.1% 57.1% 1.5 2.8 1.3 0.0 Tseng Po-Yu 4 25:14 7.3 22.2% 7.7% 80.0% 3.5 3.8 0.3 0.0 Chu Yun-Hao 1 4:00 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Tien Hao Did not play Liu Cheng-Hsun 4 26:07 9.3 42.9% 38.9% 85.7% 3.8 0.8 0.0 0.3 Hsiao Shun-Yi 2 3:45 0.5 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 Lee Chia-Jui 1 0:26 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Tsai Cheng-Kang 4 24:50 12.0 54.5% 46.2% 66.7% 4.3 3.0 1.3 0.8 Anžejs Pasečņiks 3 27:06 6.7 47.6% 0.0% 0.0% 5.3 1.7 0.3 1.0 TJ Holyfield 2 32:56 15.5 78.6% 66.7% 75.0% 6.5 2.5 1.0 0.0 Karl Breuer Did not play Marin Marić 4 32:34 19.3 46.0% 35.7% 74.3% 10.0 2.5 0.0 0.5 Lu Kuan-Hsuan 4 27:33 12.3 34.9% 24.1% 100.0% 1.0 3.3 0.5 0.0 Lee Chi-Wei 1 6:53 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 Reference：
Transactions
On March 9, 2026, Sim Bhullar was not registered in the 2025–26 TPBL season final rosters.
Overview Players added Via draft Liu Cheng-Hsun Via free agency Sim Bhullar Karl Breuer TJ Holyfield Marin Marić Anžejs Pasečņiks Drew Pember Isaiah Reese Craig Sword Jade TsePlayers lost Via free agency Chiang Kuang-Chien Chou Po-Hsun Earl Clark Iong Ngai-San Nate Laszewski Kennedy Meeks Landers Nolley Wang Tzu-Kang Waived Li Han-Sheng Isaiah Reese Craig Sword
Free agency Additions DatePlayerContract termsFormer teamRef. August 13, 2025 Anžejs Pasečņiks Tofaş August 14, 2025 Liu Cheng-Hsun UCH August 20, 2025 Isaiah Reese Promitheas Patras August 22, 2025 TJ Holyfield Yamagata Wyverns August 26, 2025 Drew Pember KK Mornar Bar September 10, 2025 Karl Breuer Trainee contract, worth unknown NTUA October 23, 2025 Craig Sword Kaohsiung Aquas December 26, 2025 Sim Bhullar Tainan TSG GhostHawks March 2, 2026 Marin Marić Shenzhen Leopards March 6, 2026 Jade Tse Yankey Ark
Subtractions DatePlayerReasonNew teamRef. May 14, 2025 Earl Clark Contract expired DMV Trilogy May 24, 2025 Landers Nolley Contract expired Homenetmen Beirut June 17, 2025 Chou Po-Hsun Contract expired Taiwan Beer June 17, 2025 Iong Ngai-San Contract expired Macau Slot June 17, 2025 Wang Tzu-Kang Contract expired Keelung Black Kites June 17, 2025 Chiang Kuang-Chien Contract expired Keelung Black Kites August 24, 2025 Nate Laszewski Contract expired Maccabi Ra'anana August 26, 2025 Kennedy Meeks Contract expired Saitama Broncos November 22, 2025 Isaiah Reese Contract terminated BC Uralmash Yekaterinburg December 26, 2025 Craig Sword Contract terminated Rayos de Hermosillo January 2, 2026 Li Han-Sheng Contract terminated Yankey Ark
Awards Yearly awards