# 2024–25 Kaohsiung Aquas season

The 2024–25 Kaohsiung Aquas season is the franchise's 4th season, its first season in the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL). On July 10, 2024, 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：

## Summer League
### Game log

* Recap
* September 11, 2024 14:00 (UTC+8)
| Kaohsiung Aquas | 85–82 | Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers |
* CTBC administration building basketball court, Taipei City
* Recap
* September 13, 2024 14:00 (UTC+8)
| New Taipei CTBC DEA | 75–79 | Kaohsiung Aquas |
* CTBC administration building basketball court, Taipei City

## Preseason
### Game log

2024 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 6
@ Lioneers
W 102–78
Wu Siao-Jin (20)
Kaleb Wesson (10)
Jason Brickman (8)
Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 2,807
1–0
2
October 12
Dreamers
W 118–93
Anthony Morse (22)
Kaleb Wesson (12)
Chen Huai-An (7)
Hsinchu County Stadium 3,169
2–0 :
Color： Win  Lose  Schedule :

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | New Taipei Kings | 20 | 14 | 6 | .700 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | Kaohsiung Aquas | 24 | 14 | 10 | .583 | 2 | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | Formosa Dreamers | 25 | 14 | 11 | .560 | 2.5 | Advance to semifinals |
| 4 | New Taipei CTBC DEA | 24 | 12 | 12 | .500 | 4 | Advance to play-in |
| 5 | Taipei Taishin Mars | 24 | 11 | 13 | .458 | 5 | Advance to play-in |
| 6 | Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards | 22 | 9 | 13 | .409 | 6 | |
| 7 | Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers | 25 | 8 | 17 | .320 | 8.5 | |

### Game log

2024–25 regular season game log Total: 14–11 (home: 12–4; road: 2–7) :
October : 3–1 (home: 3–1; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 19
Kings
L 78–88
Kaleb Wesson (20)
Hu Long-Mao (9) Kaleb Wesson (9)
Jason Brickman (11)
Kaohsiung Arena 8,156
0–1
2
October 20
Lioneers
W 93–79
Kaleb Wesson (26)
Kaleb Wesson (13)
Chen Huai-An (8)
Kaohsiung Arena 4,164
1–1
3
October 26
Mars
W 88–71
Kaleb Wesson (15)
Kaleb Wesson (10)
Jason Brickman (8)
Kaohsiung Arena 3,619
2–1
4
October 27
Leopards
W 88–87
Kaleb Wesson (19)
Kaleb Wesson (12)
Chen Huai-An (9)
Kaohsiung Arena 3,588
3–1 :
November : 0–2 (home: 0–0; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
5
November 2
@ DEA
L 97–107
Anthony Morse (23)
Anthony Morse (15)
Jason Brickman (12)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 4,979
3–2
6
November 9
@ Dreamers
L 90–99
Kaleb Wesson (27)
Kaleb Wesson (17)
Jason Brickman (11)
Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 3,000
3–3 :
December : 4–3 (home: 3–2; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
7
December 1
@ Leopards
W 106–94 (OT)
Kaleb Wesson (31)
Kaleb Wesson (13)
Anthony Morse (6) Su Wen-Ju (6)
Taoyuan Arena 4,227
4–3
8
December 14
Leopards
W 95–87
Su Wen-Ju (22)
Kaleb Wesson (15)
Chen Huai-An (6)
Kaohsiung Arena 4,062
5–3
9
December 15
Kings
L 78–107
Edgaras Želionis (17)
Anthony Morse (7) Chen Huai-An (7)
Chen Huai-An (6)
Kaohsiung Arena 9,223
5–4
10
December 18
Mars
W 102–94
Anthony Morse (25)
Edgaras Želionis (17)
Chen Huai-An (11)
Kaohsiung Arena 2,371
6–4
11
December 20
Leopards
W 105–95
Edgaras Želionis (24)
Edgaras Želionis (13)
Chen Huai-An (14)
Kaohsiung Arena 2,912
7–4
12
December 22
Dreamers
L 84–97
Edgaras Želionis (15)
Edgaras Želionis (16)
Chen Huai-An (6)
Kaohsiung Arena 5,328
7–5
13
December 28
@ Kings
L 108–111 (2OT)
Edgaras Želionis (30)
Edgaras Želionis (18)
Chen Huai-An (14)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 5,659
7–6 :
January : 4–2 (home: 4–1; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
14
January 5
@ Mars
L 90–100
Anthony Morse (24)
Anthony Morse (12)
Wei Liang-Che (6)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 3,326
7–7
15
January 11
DEA
L 72–88
Craig Sword (17)
Anthony Morse (15)
Yu Huan-Ya (4) Edgaras Želionis (4)
Kaohsiung Arena 2,856
7–8
16
January 12
Lioneers
W 103–78
Edgaras Želionis (25)
Edgaras Želionis (17)
Chen Huai-An (7)
Kaohsiung Arena 4,015
8–8
17
January 15
Mars
W 98–76
Craig Sword (23)
Edgaras Želionis (15)
Craig Sword (6)
Kaohsiung Arena 2,812
9–8
18
January 18
Dreamers
W 105–95
Craig Sword (39)
Edgaras Želionis (13)
Chiu Tzu-Hsuan (5)
Kaohsiung Arena 4,671
10–8
19
January 19
DEA
W 104–91
Su Wen-Ju (22)
Anthony Morse (8)
Yu Huan-Ya (8)
Kaohsiung Arena 4,608
11–8 :
February : 0–2 (home: 0–0; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
20
February 5
@ Lioneers
L 91–97
Edgaras Želionis (26)
Anthony Morse (16)
Craig Sword (5)
Hsinchu County Stadium 3,578
11–9
21
February 28
@ DEA
L 79–85
Craig Sword (24)
Edgaras Želionis (13)
Chiu Tzu-Hsuan (7)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 4,016
11–10 :
March : 3–1 (home: 2–0; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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 Gymnasium 2,991
12–10
23
March 8
Lioneers
W 104–88
Craig Sword (32)
Anthony Morse (10)
Yu Huan-Ya (6)
Kaohsiung Arena 5,081
13–10
24
March 9
Dreamers
W 109–95
Edgaras Želionis (22)
Anthony Morse (10) Edgaras Želionis (10)
Yu Huan-Ya (6)
Kaohsiung Arena 6,212
14–10
25
March 16
@ Lioneers
L 103–116
Edgaras Želionis (22)
Anthony Morse (11)
Chiu Tzu-Hsuan (6) Chen Huai-An (6)
Hsinchu County Stadium 4,791
14–11
March 19
@ Kings
Rescheduled to April 2
26
March 22
@ Dreamers
0–0
Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
27
March 26
@ DEA
0–0
Xinzhuang Gymnasium
April : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
28
April 2
@ Kings
0–0
Xinzhuang Gymnasium
29
April 5
@ Kings
0–0
Xinzhuang Gymnasium
30
April 11
@ Leopards
0–0
Taoyuan Arena
31
April 13
@ Mars
0–0
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
32
April 20
@ Leopards
0–0
Taoyuan Arena
33
April 26
Kings
0–0
Kaohsiung Arena
34
April 27
DEA
0–0
Kaohsiung Arena
May : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
35
May 4
@ Dreamers
0–0
Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
36
May 11
@ Lioneers
0–0
Hsinchu County Stadium
Color： Win  Lose  Rescheduled  Schedule :

### Regular season note

* Due to the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup qualification, the TPBL declared that the game on March 19 would reschedule to April 2.

## Player statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | MPG | PPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG |
| Wei Liang-Che | | | | | | | | | | |
| Edgaras Želionis$^≠$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| Craig Sword$^≠$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jason Brickman$^‡$ | 6 | 29:03 | 7.7 | 34.7% | 23.5% | 88.9% | 3.2 | 8.2 | 1.8 | 0.0 |
| Yu Huan-Ya | | | | | | | | | | |
| Chiu Tzu-Hsuan | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hu Long-Mao | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tang Wei-Chieh | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lin Jen-Hung | | | | | | | | | | |
| Terrence Bieshaar$^‡$ | 3 | 20:18 | 4.3 | 26.7% | 20.0% | 60.0% | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Wu I-Ping | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lu Wei-Ting | | | | | | | | | | |
| Anthony Morse | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arnett Moultrie$^≠$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| Su Wen-Ju | | | | | | | | | | |
| Yu Chun-An | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kaleb Wesson | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wu Siao-Jin | | | | | | | | | | |
| Chen Huai-An | | | | | | | | | | |
| Chin Ming-Ching | | | | | | | | | | |
$^‡$ Left during the season $^≠$ Acquired during the season
* Reference：

## Transactions
### Overview

| Players Added Via draft Wei Liang-Che Free agency Terrence Bieshaar Anthony Morse Arnett Moultrie Craig Sword Kaleb Wesson Edgaras Želionis | Players Lost Free agency Aaron Geramipoor Perry Jones Mindaugas Kupšas Shannon Scott Wang Yung-Cheng Waived Terrence Bieshaar Jason Brickman |

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

| Date | Player | Contract terms |
| June 16, 2024 | Su Wen-Ju | — |
| June 17, 2024 | Lu Wei-Ting | — |
| June 19, 2024 | Hu Long-Mao | 3-year contract, worth unknown |

#### Additions

| Date | Player | Contract terms | Former team |
| July 26, 2024 | Anthony Morse | — | Esenler Erokspor |
| July 29, 2024 | Kaleb Wesson | — | Élan Chalon |
| July 31, 2024 | Wei Liang-Che | — | NKNU |
| August 2, 2024 | Terrence Bieshaar | — | Landstede Hammers |
| December 3, 2024 | Edgaras Želionis | — | El Calor de Cancún |
| January 1, 2025 | Craig Sword | — | Tasmania JackJumpers |
| February 7, 2025 | Arnett Moultrie | — | Taipei Fubon Braves |

#### Subtractions

| Date | Player | Reason | New team |
| May 26, 2024 | Perry Jones | Contract expired | Spartans Distrito Capital |
| June 26, 2024 | Mindaugas Kupšas | Contract expired | Hefei Storm |
| July 17, 2024 | Aaron Geramipoor | Contract expired | Soles de Mexicali |
| July 19, 2024 | Shannon Scott | Contract expired | — |
| July 22, 2024 | Wang Yung-Cheng | Contract expired | Bank of Taiwan |
| December 18, 2024 | Jason Brickman | Contract terminated | Strong Group Athletics |
| December 31, 2024 | Terrence Bieshaar | Contract terminated | Heroes Den Bosch |

## Awards
### Player of the Week

| Week | Recipient | Award | Ref. |
| 5 | Kaleb Wesson | Week 5 Player of the Week | |
| 8 | Chen Huai-An | Week 8 Player of the Week | |

### Player of the Month

| Month | Recipient | Award | Ref. |
| October & November | Kaleb Wesson | October & November Player of the Month (import) | |