# 2023–24 Kaohsiung Aquas season

The 2023–24 Kaohsiung Aquas season was the franchise's 3rd 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：

## Preseason
### Game log

2023 preseason game log Total: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0) :
Preseason : 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 14
@ Leopards
W 98–94
Perry Jones (24)
Mindaugas Kupšas (7)
Jason Brickman (13)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 1,236
1–0
2
October 15
DEA
W 87–80
Jason Brickman (19)
Perry Jones (15)
Jason Brickman (7)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 1,932
2–0 :
Color： Win  Lose  Schedule :

## Interleague Basketball Games
### Game log

* Recap
* October 21, 2023 14:30 (UTC+8)
| Taipei Fubon Braves | 98–104 | Kaohsiung Aquas |
* Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium, Taichung City
* Recap
* October 22, 2023 17:00 (UTC+8)
| Formosa Dreamers | 87–84 | Kaohsiung Aquas |
* Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium, Taichung City

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | New Taipei CTBC DEA | 28 | 19 | 9 | .679 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | Taiwan Beer Leopards | 28 | 18 | 10 | .643 | 1 | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | Kaohsiung Aquas | 28 | 15 | 13 | .536 | 4 | Advance to semifinals |
| 4 | Taipei Mars | 28 | 11 | 17 | .393 | 8 | Advance to semifinals |
| 5 | Tainan TSG GhostHawks | 28 | 7 | 21 | .250 | 12 | |

### Game log

2023–24 regular season game log Total: 15–13 (home: 9–5; road: 6–8) :
October : 0–1 (home: 0–0; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 29
@ DEA
L 77–86
Mindaugas Kupšas (20)
Mindaugas Kupšas (18)
Jason Brickman (5)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 4,032
0–1 :
November : 0–2 (home: 0–0; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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
3
November 26
@ Mars
L 110–124
Mindaugas Kupšas (24)
Jason Brickman (9)
Jason Brickman (13)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 4,502
0–3 :
December : 6–2 (home: 3–1; road: 3–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
4
December 2
DEA
W 94–93
Mindaugas Kupšas (29)
Mindaugas Kupšas (15)
Jason Brickman (14)
Kaohsiung Arena 8,012
1–3
5
December 3
GhostHawks
L 89–98
Mindaugas Kupšas (22)
Mindaugas Kupšas (9)
Jason Brickman (14)
Kaohsiung Arena 6,237
1–4
6
December 9
Leopards
W 122–104
Hu Long-Mao (33)
Hu Long-Mao (11)
Jason Brickman (20)
Kaohsiung Arena 6,318
2–4
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
8
December 16
@ DEA
L 100–102
Yu Huan-Ya (32)
Mindaugas Kupšas (9)
Jason Brickman (11)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 4,301
3–5
9
December 23
@ Mars
W 114–98
Jason Brickman (31)
Jason Brickman (12)
Jason Brickman (16)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 4,344
4–5
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
11
December 30
@ Mars
W 109–106
Mindaugas Kupšas (29)
Mindaugas Kupšas (12)
Jason Brickman (14)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 3,456
6–5 :
January : 4–1 (home: 3–1; road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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
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
14
January 12
Mars
W 111–86
Mindaugas Kupšas (30)
Mindaugas Kupšas (18)
Jason Brickman (13)
Kaohsiung Arena 3,982
8–6
15
January 14
DEA
W 99–93
Jason Brickman (24)
Mindaugas Kupšas (11)
Jason Brickman (11)
Kaohsiung Arena 5,868
9–6
16
January 27
@ Leopards
W 108–101
Jason Brickman (25)
Mindaugas Kupšas (13)
Jason Brickman (11)
Taoyuan Arena 6,215
10–6 :
February : 2–0 (home: 2–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
17
February 17
Mars
W 98–94
Mindaugas Kupšas (21)
Mindaugas Kupšas (10)
Jason Brickman (13)
Kaohsiung Arena 6,057
11–6
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 :
March : 1–3 (home: 0–0; road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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
20
March 23
@ Mars
L 94–100
Mindaugas Kupšas (26)
Mindaugas Kupšas (14)
Shannon Scott (8)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 4,868
12–8
21
March 24
@ DEA
L 87–90
Mindaugas Kupšas (32)
Shannon Scott (17)
Shannon Scott (8)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 4,091
12–9
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 :
April : 2–4 (home: 1–3; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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
24
April 7
Mars
W 107–89
Mindaugas Kupšas (26)
Mindaugas Kupšas (9)
Shannon Scott (12)
Kaohsiung Arena 5,573
14–10
25
April 13
@ Leopards
L 78–117
Mindaugas Kupšas (15)
Mindaugas Kupšas (11)
Shannon Scott (12)
Taoyuan Arena 2,567
14–11
April 20
@ Leopards
Rescheduled to April 13
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
27
April 27
DEA
L 99–121
Shannon Scott (22)
Shannon Scott (11)
Hu Long-Mao (6)
Fengshan Arena 3,259
15–12
28
April 28
Leopards
L 109–113
Shannon Scott (27)
Shannon Scott (12) Aaron Geramipoor (12)
Shannon Scott (11)
Fengshan Arena 4,577
15–13 :
Color： Win  Lose  Rescheduled  Schedule :

### 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 reschedule to April 13.

## Playoffs
### Game log

2024 playoffs game log Total: 0–3 (home: 0–1; road: 0–2) :
Semifinals : 0–3 (home: 0–1; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
May 5
@ Leopards
L 76–90
Mindaugas Kupšas (19)
Mindaugas Kupšas (12)
Shannon Scott (7)
Taoyuan Arena 5,515
0–1
2
May 7
@ Leopards
L 98–107
Hu Long-Mao (28)
Mindaugas Kupšas (13)
Shannon Scott (6)
Taoyuan Arena 2,758
0–2
3
May 10
Leopards
L 111–113 (OT)
Shannon Scott (24)
Aaron Geramipoor (14)
Shannon Scott (11)
Fengshan Arena 4,123
0–3 :
Color： Win  Lose  Schedule :

## Player statistics
### 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 | 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 |
| 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.

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

| Date | Player | Contract terms |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Jason Brickman | Assists Leader |
| Mindaugas Kupšas | Blocks Leader |
| Mindaugas Kupšas | All-Defensive First Team |
| Mindaugas Kupšas | Defensive Player of the Year |
| Hu Long-Mao | All-T1 League First Team |
| Hu Long-Mao | 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 | |