2023–24 Kaohsiung Aquas season explained

Club:Kaohsiung Aquas
Season:2023–24
Chrtitle:General Manager
Chairman:Wang De-Yao
Ownertitle:President
Owner:Hou Chia-Chi
Mgrtitle:Head Coach
Manager:Brendan Joyce
Stdtitle:Arena
Stadium:Kaohsiung Arena
Fengshan Stadium
League:T1 League
League Result:15–13 (.536)
Playoffs Result:T1 League Semifinals
(lost to Leopards, 0–3)
Top Scorer:Mindaugas Kupšas (21.9)
Rebounds Leader:Mindaugas Kupšas (9.9)
Assists Leader:Jason Brickman (12.7)
Highest Attendance:8,012
(December 2, 2023)
Lowest Attendance:3,982
(January 12, 2024)
Average Attendance:5,650
Largest Win:GhostHawks 82–110 Aquas
(December 10, 2023)
Largest Loss:Aquas 78–117 Leopards
(April 13, 2024)
Prevseason:2022–23
Nextseason:2024–25

The 2023–24 Kaohsiung Aquas season was the franchise's 3rd season in the T1 League. The Aquas were coached by Brendan Joyce in his third year as their head coach, with Wang De-Yao as their general manager.

Draft

See main article: 2023 T1 League draft.

Roster

Game log

Preseason

|-style="background:#cfc"| 1| October 14| @ Leopards| W 98–94| Perry Jones (24)| Mindaugas Kupšas (7)| Jason Brickman (13)| Xinzhuang Gymnasium
1,236| 1–0|-style="background:#cfc"| 2| October 15| DEA| W 87–80| Jason Brickman (19)| Perry Jones (15)| Jason Brickman (7)| Xinzhuang Gymnasium
1,932| 2–0

Regular season

See main article: 2023–24 T1 League regular season.

|-style="background:#fcc"| 1| October 29| @ DEA| L 77–86| Mindaugas Kupšas (20)| Mindaugas Kupšas (18)| Jason Brickman (5)| Xinzhuang Gymnasium
4,032| 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 Arena
1,023| 0–2|-style="background:#fcc"| 3| November 26| @ Mars| L 110–124| Mindaugas Kupšas (24)| Jason Brickman (9)| Jason Brickman (13)| Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
4,502| 0–3|-style="background:#cfc"| 4| December 2| DEA| W 94–93| Mindaugas Kupšas (29)| Mindaugas Kupšas (15)| Jason Brickman (14)| Kaohsiung Arena
8,012| 1–3|-style="background:#fcc"| 5| December 3| GhostHawks| L 89–98| Mindaugas Kupšas (22)| Mindaugas Kupšas (9)| Jason Brickman (14)| Kaohsiung Arena
6,237| 1–4|-style="background:#cfc"| 6| December 9| Leopards| W 122–104| Hu Long-Mao (33)| Hu Long-Mao (11)| Jason Brickman (20)| Kaohsiung Arena
6,318| 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 Arena
5,634| 3–4|-style="background:#fcc"| 8| December 16| @ DEA| L 100–102| Yu Huan-Ya (32)| Mindaugas Kupšas (9)| Jason Brickman (11)| Xinzhuang Gymnasium
4,301| 3–5|-style="background:#cfc"| 9| December 23| @ Mars| W 114–98| Jason Brickman (31)| Jason Brickman (12)| Jason Brickman (16)| Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
4,344| 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 Gymnasium
1,331| 5–5|-style="background:#cfc"| 11| December 30| @ Mars| W 109–106| Mindaugas Kupšas (29)| Mindaugas Kupšas (12)| Jason Brickman (14)| Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
3,456| 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 Arena
5,021| 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 Arena
5,816| 7–6|-style="background:#cfc"| 14| January 12| Mars| W 111–86| Mindaugas Kupšas (30)| Mindaugas Kupšas (18)| Jason Brickman (13)| Kaohsiung Arena
3,982| 8–6|-style="background:#cfc"| 15| January 14| DEA| W 99–93| Jason Brickman (24)| Mindaugas Kupšas (11)| Jason Brickman (11)| Kaohsiung Arena
5,868| 9–6|-style="background:#cfc"| 16| January 27| @ Leopards| W 108–101| Jason Brickman (25)| Mindaugas Kupšas (13)| Jason Brickman (11)| Taoyuan Arena
6,215| 10–6|-style="background:#cfc"| 17| February 17| Mars| W 98–94| Mindaugas Kupšas (21)| Mindaugas Kupšas (10)| Jason Brickman (13)| Kaohsiung Arena
6,057| 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 Arena
6,123| 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 Gymnasium
1,688| 12–7|-style="background:#fcc"| 20| March 23| @ Mars| L 94–100| Mindaugas Kupšas (26)| Mindaugas Kupšas (14)| Shannon Scott (8)| Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
4,868| 12–8|-style="background:#fcc"| 21| March 24| @ DEA| L 87–90| Mindaugas Kupšas (32)| Shannon Scott (17)| Shannon Scott (8)| Xinzhuang Gymnasium
4,091| 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 Gymnasium
1,382| 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 Arena
6,618| 13–10|-style="background:#cfc"| 24| April 7| Mars| W 107–89| Mindaugas Kupšas (26)| Mindaugas Kupšas (9)| Shannon Scott (12)| Kaohsiung Arena
5,573| 14–10|-style="background:#fcc"| 25| April 13| @ Leopards| L 78–117| Mindaugas Kupšas (15)| Mindaugas Kupšas (11)| Shannon Scott (12)| Taoyuan Arena
2,567| 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 Gymnasium
1,799| 15–11|-style="background:#fcc"| 27| April 27| DEA| L 99–121| Shannon Scott (22)| Shannon Scott (11)| Hu Long-Mao (6)| Fengshan Stadium
3,259| 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 Stadium
4,577| 15–13

Regular season note

Playoffs

See main article: 2024 T1 League playoffs.

|-style="background:#fcc"| 1| May 5| @ Leopards| L 76–90| Mindaugas Kupšas (19)| Mindaugas Kupšas (12)| Shannon Scott (7)| Taoyuan Arena
5,515| 0–1|-style="background:#fcc"| 2| May 7| @ Leopards| L 98–107| Hu Long-Mao (28)| Mindaugas Kupšas (13)| Shannon Scott (6)| Taoyuan Arena
2,758| 0–2|-style="background:#fcc"| 3| May 10| Leopards| L 111–113 (OT)| Shannon Scott (24)| Aaron Geramipoor (14)| Shannon Scott (11)| Fengshan Stadium
4,123| 0–3

Player statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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

PlayerGPMPGPPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPG
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
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
18 20:41 12.4 59.1% 0.0% 63.2% 6.2 1.4 0.8 0.5
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

PlayerGPMPGPPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPG
1 28:23 21.0 43.8% 66.7% 71.4% 6.0 5.0 0.0 3.0
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
3 26:11 9.3 41.2% 0.0% 0.0% 10.3 2.7 0.3 0.0
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

Transactions

See main article: List of 2023–24 T1 League transactions. On March 18, 2024, Jason Brickman was not registered in the 2023–24 T1 League season final rosters.[4]

Free agency

Re-signed

DatePlayerContract termsRef.
August 5, 2023 [5]
August 6, 2023
August 24, 2023 Wu Siao-Jin [6]
August 27, 2023 Chin Ming-Ching [7]
August 29, 2023 Wu I-Ping

Additions

DatePlayerContract termsFormer teamRef.
August 4, 2023 Tang Wei-Chieh [8]
August 10, 2023 [9]
August 11, 2023 [10]
March 5, 2024 [11]

Subtractions

DatePlayerReasonNew teamRef.
August 8, 2023 John Bohannon Contract expired [12]
August 8, 2023 Contract expired [13]

Awards

Yearly awards

RecipientAwardRef.
Assists Leader
Blocks Leader
All-Defensive First Team
Defensive Player of the Year [14]
Hu Long-Mao All-T1 League First Team [15]
All-Defensive First Team

MVP of the Month

MonthRecipientAwardRef.
December Hu Long-Mao December MVP of the Month
January Chiu Tzu-Hsuan January MVP of the Month [16]

Import of the Month

MonthRecipientAwardRef.
December December Import of the Month
February & March February & March Import of the Month [17]

Notes and References

  1. News: 恢復自然選秀 聯盟公布41人新人選秀會名單 . July 10, 2023 . United Daily News . July 10, 2023.
  2. News: 首次自然選秀有41人報名 只有7人獲選創最少 . July 14, 2023 . Liberty Times Net . July 14, 2023.
  3. Web site: 球員數據 | 台灣運彩 T1 League .
  4. Web site: - 賽季最終註冊名單 【 高雄全家海神 】 . Facebook . T1 LEAGUE . March 18, 2024 . March 18, 2024.
  5. Web site: 高雄全家海神續約布銳克曼 新賽季神控球持續領航 . Facebook . 高雄全家海神隊 Kaohsiung Aquas . August 5, 2023 . August 5, 2023.
  6. Web site: 進步幅度有目共睹 高雄全家海神續約吳曉謹 . Facebook . 高雄全家海神隊 Kaohsiung Aquas . August 24, 2023 . August 24, 2023.
  7. Web site: 持續厚植禁區強度 高雄全家海神續約本土壯漢勤明慶 . Facebook . 高雄全家海神隊 Kaohsiung Aquas . August 27, 2023 . August 27, 2023.
  8. News: 海神正式宣佈簽下旅美選秀大物 唐維傑正式加盟 . August 4, 2023 . ETtoday . August 4, 2023.
  9. News: 從太陽變海神 前伊朗國手艾倫將與庫薩斯聯手組雙塔 . August 10, 2023 . ETtoday . August 10, 2023.
  10. News: 「冰水」瓊斯轉戰港都 海神4洋將全數到齊 . August 11, 2023 . United Daily News . August 11, 2023.
  11. News: 高雄海神簽下NBA名人堂球星之子 填補後場戰力空缺 . March 5, 2024 . ETtoday . March 5, 2024.
  12. Web site: ! . Facebook . Tijuana Zonkeys . April 3, 2024 . April 3, 2024.
  13. News: Penguasa Asia Merapat ke Tangerang Hawks . December 10, 2023 . Indonesian Basketball League . December 7, 2023.
  14. News: 海神無敵巨塔! 庫薩斯勇奪T1職籃年度最佳防守球員 . May 10, 2024 . ETtoday . May 10, 2024.
  15. News: T1聯盟年度第一隊出爐!雲豹蔣淯安、高錦瑋、克羅馬攜手入選 . May 8, 2024 . ETtoday . May 8, 2024.
  16. News: 表弟超威!離台照拿獎 卡森斯勇奪T1職籃1月最佳外援 . February 6, 2024 . ETtoday . February 6, 2024.
  17. News: T1月MVP場均有20.9分 阿巴西險勝林秉聖獲獎 . April 9, 2024 . ETtoday . April 9, 2024.