# 2022–23 Kaohsiung Aquas season

The 2022–23 Kaohsiung Aquas season was the franchise's 2nd 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 draft 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+.

## Preseason
### Game log

2022 preseason game log Total: 1–1 (home: 1–0; road: 0–1) :
Preseason : 1–1 (home: 1–0; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 14
@ DEA
L 115–116
Hu Long-Mao (26) Mindaugas Kupšas (26)
Mindaugas Kupšas (16)
Jason Brickman (8)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium
0–1
2
October 16
Suns
W 93–62
Mindaugas Kupšas (24)
Mindaugas Kupšas (21)
Jason Brickman (9)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 1,063
1–1 :
Color： Win  Lose  Schedule :

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | New Taipei CTBC DEA | 30 | 25 | 5 | .833 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | Tainan TSG GhostHawks | 30 | 19 | 11 | .633 | 6 | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | Kaohsiung Aquas | 30 | 16 | 14 | .533 | 9 | Advance to semifinals |
| 4 | TaiwanBeer HeroBears | 30 | 16 | 14 | .533 | 9 | Advance to play-in |
| 5 | Taichung Suns | 30 | 8 | 22 | .267 | 17 | Advance to play-in |
| 6 | Taoyuan Leopards | 30 | 6 | 24 | .200 | 19 | |

### Game log

2022–23 regular season game log Total: 16–14 (home: 10–5; road: 6–9) :
October : 0–1 (home: 0–0; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 29
@ DEA
L 87–109
Mindaugas Kupšas (18)
Mindaugas Kupšas (15)
Mindaugas Kupšas (3) Chen Huai-An (3)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 5,652
0–1 :
November : 3–1 (home: 1–1; road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
2
November 5
@ Suns
W 99–79
Hu Long-Mao (27)
Mindaugas Kupšas (8)
Jason Brickman (11)
National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium 2,425
1–1
3
November 12
@ HeroBears
W 111–101
Mindaugas Kupšas (33)
John Bohannon (11)
Jason Brickman (10)
University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium 3,129
2–1
4
November 26
DEA
W 105–81
Jason Brickman (24)
Mindaugas Kupšas (14)
Jason Brickman (7)
Kaohsiung Arena 10,823
3–1
5
November 27
HeroBears
L 97–98
Mindaugas Kupšas (27)
Mindaugas Kupšas (12)
Jason Brickman (7)
Kaohsiung Arena 6,071
3–2 :
December : 4–2 (home: 2–0; road: 2–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
6
December 3
Suns
W 120–90
Jason Brickman (21)
Mindaugas Kupšas (12)
Jason Brickman (11)
Kaohsiung Arena 2,486
4–2
7
December 4
Leopards
W 130–109
Chiu Tzu-Hsuan (31)
Mindaugas Kupšas (19)
Jason Brickman (13)
Kaohsiung Arena 12,460
5–2
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 Gymnasium 1,051
5–3
9
December 18
@ Leopards
W 93–89
Mindaugas Kupšas (20)
Jason Brickman (12)
Jason Brickman (11)
National Taiwan Sport University Arena 15,085
6–3
10
December 24
@ DEA
L 85–93
Mindaugas Kupšas (26)
Hu Long-Mao (9) John Bohannon (9)
Jason Brickman (11)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 3,495
6–4
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 Gymnasium 1,518
7–4 :
January : 2–1 (home: 2–1; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
12
January 7
GhostHawks
L 92–101
Mindaugas Kupšas (22)
Mindaugas Kupšas (9)
Jason Brickman (11)
Kaohsiung Arena 3,128
7–5
13
January 8
DEA
W 105–87
Mindaugas Kupšas (21)
Mindaugas Kupšas (11)
Jason Brickman (9)
Kaohsiung Arena 5,495
8–5
January 14
Suns
Postponed
14
January 15
Leopards
W 101–87
Jason Brickman (21)
John Bohannon (16)
Jason Brickman (10)
Kaohsiung Arena 13,179
9–5 :
February : 2–4 (home: 2–2; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
15
February 4
HeroBears
W 122–117 (OT)
Mindaugas Kupšas (41)
Mindaugas Kupšas (16)
Jason Brickman (13)
Kaohsiung Arena 4,689
10–5
16
February 5
GhostHawks
W 118–90
Jason Brickman (30)
Mindaugas Kupšas (13)
Mindaugas Kupšas (7)
Kaohsiung Arena 3,796
11–5
17
February 11
DEA
L 77–88
John Bohannon (17)
John Bohannon (9)
Jason Brickman (9)
Kaohsiung Arena 4,266
11–6
18
February 12
Leopards
L 116–137
John Bohannon (25)
John Bohannon (13)
Jason Brickman (8) Hu Long-Mao (8)
Kaohsiung Arena 10,058
11–7
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 Gymnasium 2,604
11–8
20
February 25
@ DEA
L 86–93
Mindaugas Kupšas (28)
Mindaugas Kupšas (17)
John Bohannon (6)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 4,271
11–9 :
March : 4–3 (home: 3–1; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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 Gymnasium 1,185
11–10
22
March 8
HeroBears
W 109–97
Mindaugas Kupšas (28)
Mindaugas Kupšas (13)
Jason Brickman (11)
Kaohsiung Arena 2,858
12–10
23
March 11
Suns
W 97–92
Mindaugas Kupšas (25)
Mindaugas Kupšas (16)
Jason Brickman (17)
Kaohsiung Arena 5,227
13–10
24
March 12
GhostHawks
L 94–106
Mindaugas Kupšas (23)
Mindaugas Kupšas (16)
Jason Brickman (8)
Kaohsiung Arena 5,188
13–11
25
March 18
@ Leopards
L 82–90
Jason Brickman (21)
John Bohannon (15)
Jason Brickman (9)
National Taiwan Sport University Arena 10,212
13–12
26
Suns
W 20–0
Called Win
14–12
27
March 26
@ Leopards
W 106–93
Xavier Alexander (24)
Xavier Alexander (12)
Jason Brickman (13)
National Taiwan Sport University Arena 8,212
15–12 :
April : 1–2 (home: 0–0; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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 Gymnasium 1,15015–13
29
April 9
@ HeroBears
L 87–99
Yu Huan-Ya (16)
Xavier Alexander (14)
Jason Brickman (11)
Fu Jen Catholic University Chung Mei Auditorium 1,178
15–14
30
April 16
@ Suns
W 111–104
Hu Long-Mao (31)
John Bohannon (17)
Jason Brickman (13)
National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium 1,763
16–14 :
Color： Win  Lose  Postponed  Schedule :

### 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 postpone.
* 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

2023 playoffs game log Total: 2–3 (home: 1–1; road: 1–2) :
Semifinals : 2–3 (home: 1–1; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
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 Gymnasium 1,004
0–1
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 Gymnasium 1,507
1–1
3
May 3
GhostHawks
L 88–97
Jason Brickman (24)
John Bohannon (14)
Jason Brickman (8)
Kaohsiung Arena 4,838
1–2
4
May 5
GhostHawks
W 99–98
Yu Huan-Ya (22)
John Bohannon (10)
Jason Brickman (11)
Kaohsiung Arena 6,166
2–2
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 Gymnasium 2,064
2–3 :
Color： Win  Lose  Schedule :

## Player statistics
### 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 | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | 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 | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | 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
### Trades

| July 11, 2022 | To Kaohsiung Aquas 2022 DEA's first-round pick | To New Taipei CTBC DEA Cash considerations |

### Free agency
#### Re-signed

| Date | Player | Contract terms |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | |