# 2024–25 Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers season

The 2024–25 Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers season is the franchise's 5th season, its first season in the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL). The Lioneers are coached by Milan Mitrovic in his second year as head coach. On December 6, 2024, the Lioneers announced to terminate contract relationship with Milan Mitrovic, and named Seng Hsin-Han, the assistant coach of the Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers, as their interim head coach. On December 17, the Lioneers hired Wesam Al-Sous as their new head coach.

## Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position(s) | School / Club team |
| 1 | 2 | Tsai Cheng-Kang | Forward | UCH |
* Reference：

## Summer League

Iong Ngai-San joined to the team in these summer league games.

### Game log

* Recap
* August 22, 2024 14:00 (UTC+8)
| Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers | 79–68 | New Taipei CTBC DEA |
* CTBC administration building basketball court, Taipei City
* Recap
* August 25, 2024 14:00 (UTC+8)
| Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers | 84–66 | Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards |
* CTBC administration building basketball court, Taipei City
* Recap
* September 7, 2024 14:00 (UTC+8)
| Taipei Taishin Mars | 80–87 | Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers |
* CTBC administration building basketball court, Taipei City
* Recap
* September 11, 2024 14:00 (UTC+8)
| Kaohsiung Aquas | 85–82 | Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers |
* CTBC administration building basketball court, Taipei City

## Lioneers Masters Game

Iong Ngai-San joined to the team in Lioneers Masters Game.

### Game log

* Recap
* August 31, 2024 17:00 (UTC+8)
| Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers | 75–68 | Levanga Hokkaido |
* Hsinchu County Stadium, Hsinchu County
* Recap
* September 1, 2024 17:00 (UTC+8)
| Taipei Taishin Mars | 89–94 | Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers |
* Hsinchu County Stadium, Hsinchu County

## International friendship match

* September 15, 2024 13:30 (UTC+8)
| Goyang Sono Skygunners | 124–101 | Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers |
* Hsinchu Kuang-Fu Senior High School Gymnasium, Hsinchu City

## Preseason
### Game log

2024 preseason game log Total: 1–2 (home: 1–2; road: 0–0) :
Preseason : 1–2 (home: 1–2; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 6
Aquas
L 78–102
Kao Kuo-Hao (12)
Matej Radunič (9)
Earl Clark (2) Matej Radunič (2) Tseng Po-Yu (2) Chu Yun-Hao (2)
Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 2,807
0–1
2
October 12
Mars
W 111–108
Earl Clark (21)
Kennedy Meeks (15)
Kao Kuo-Hao (6)
Hsinchu County Stadium 3,169
1–1
3
October 13
Leopards
L 98–99
Kennedy Meeks (18)
Matej Radunič (12)
Tseng Po-Yu (5)
Hsinchu County Stadium 3,668
1–2 :
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: 8–17 (home: 6–7; road: 2–10) :
October : 0–2 (home: 0–0; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 20
@ Aquas
L 79–93
Earl Clark (20)
Kennedy Meeks (9)
Kao Kuo-Hao (3) Tseng Po-Yu (3)
Kaohsiung Arena 4,164
0–1
2
October 26
@ Kings
L 93–122
Earl Clark (28)
Kennedy Meeks (11)
Kao Kuo-Hao (6)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 3,581
0–2 :
November : 2–2 (home: 1–1; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
3
November 2
@ Mars
W 79–76
Earl Clark (22)
Michael Holyfield (14)
Kao Kuo-Hao (6)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 4,219
1–2
4
November 9
Leopards
W 99–73
Earl Clark (25)
Michael Holyfield (15)
Kao Kuo-Hao (9)
Hsinchu County Stadium 5,721
2–2
5
November 10
Mars
L 84–94
Earl Clark (22)
Michael Holyfield (9)
Kao Kuo-Hao (3) Lee Chi-Wei (3) Earl Clark (3) Li Han-Sheng (3)
Hsinchu County Stadium 5,433
2–3
6
November 30
@ DEA
L 84–85
Earl Clark (28)
Earl Clark (12)
Kao Kuo-Hao (6)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 5,195
2–4 :
December : 1–5 (home: 0–2; road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
7
December 4
@ Leopards
L 89–112
Earl Clark (21)
Li Han-Sheng (6) Michael Holyfield (6)
Lu Kuan-Hsuan (6) Kao Kuo-Hao (6)
Taoyuan Arena 2,138
2–5
8
December 7
@ Kings
L 78–96
Kennedy Meeks (15)
Earl Clark (14)
Kao Kuo-Hao (5)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 4,349
2–6
9
December 13
@ Dreamers
L 81–96
Earl Clark (22)
Earl Clark (12)
Lu Kuan-Hsuan (5)
Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 2,618
2–7
10
December 21
@ DEA
W 93–78
Earl Clark (30)
Earl Clark (18)
Lee Chi-Wei (4)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 3,785
3–7
11
December 28
DEA
L 91–97
Earl Clark (18)
Kennedy Meeks (16)
Kao Kuo-Hao (5) Lee Chi-Wei (5)
Hsinchu County Stadium 4,181
3–8
12
December 29
Leopards
L 102–106
Kao Kuo-Hao (26)
Kao Kuo-Hao (12)
Kao Kuo-Hao (6)
Hsinchu County Stadium 4,017
3–9 :
January : 2–4 (home: 2–3; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
13
January 4
Kings
L 89–98
Kao Kuo-Hao (20)
Kennedy Meeks (21)
Kao Kuo-Hao (5)
Hsinchu County Stadium 5,077
3–10
14
January 5
DEA
L 75–83
Kao Kuo-Hao (16)
Kennedy Meeks (18)
Kao Kuo-Hao (6)
Hsinchu County Stadium 3,447
3–11
15
January 12
@ Aquas
L 78–103
Lu Kuan-Hsuan (21)
Michael Holyfield (14) Kennedy Meeks (14)
Kao Kuo-Hao (3) Dar Tucker (3)
Kaohsiung Arena 4,015
3–12
16
January 18
Mars
W 117–105
Landers Nolley (41)
Earl Clark (13)
Landers Nolley (5)
Hsinchu County Stadium 3,822
4–12
17
January 19
Kings
L 106–114
Landers Nolley (44)
Earl Clark (11)
Landers Nolley (8)
Hsinchu County Stadium 4,953
4–13
18
January 22
Dreamers
W 106–99
Landers Nolley (30)
Kennedy Meeks (17)
Landers Nolley (8)
Hsinchu County Stadium 4,051
5–13 :
February : 1–1 (home: 1–0; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
19
February 5
Aquas
W 97–91
Landers Nolley (34)
Kennedy Meeks (15)
Kao Kuo-Hao (6)
Hsinchu County Stadium 3,578
6–13
20
February 9
@ Mars
L 90–100
Landers Nolley (30)
Kennedy Meeks (13)
Kao Kuo-Hao (6)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 3,853
6–14 :
March : 2–3 (home: 2–1; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
21
March 1
@ Leopards
L 82–98
Earl Clark (25)
Earl Clark (12)
Li Han-Sheng (7)
Taoyuan Arena 5,531
6–15
22
March 8
@ Aquas
L 88–104
Landers Nolley (31)
Landers Nolley (14)
Li Han-Sheng (5) Landers Nolley (5)
Kaohsiung Arena 5,081
6–16
23
March 12
Leopards
W 94–77
Earl Clark (28)
Landers Nolley (9)
Li Han-Sheng (5) Lu Kuan-Hsuan (5)
Hsinchu County Stadium 3,078
7–16
24
March 15
Kings
L 111–114
Landers Nolley (29)
Landers Nolley (7)
Landers Nolley (9)
Hsinchu County Stadium 5,411
7–17
25
March 16
Aquas
W 116–103
Landers Nolley (44)
Kennedy Meeks (11)
Landers Nolley (6)
Hsinchu County Stadium 4,791
8–17
26
March 23
@ Dreamers
0–0
Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
27
March 30
@ Mars
0–0
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
April : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
28
April 5
Dreamers
0–0
Hsinchu County Stadium
29
April 6
DEA
0–0
Hsinchu County Stadium
30
April 9
Mars
0–0
Hsinchu County Stadium
31
April 12
@ Kings
0–0
Xinzhuang Gymnasium
32
April 19
@ Leopards
0–0
Taoyuan Arena
33
April 25
@ DEA
0–0
Xinzhuang Gymnasium
May : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
34
May 3
@ Dreamers
0–0
Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
35
May 10
Dreamers
0–0
Hsinchu County Stadium
36
May 11
Aquas
0–0
Hsinchu County Stadium
Color： Win  Lose  Schedule :

## Player statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | MPG | PPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG |
| Li Han-Sheng | | | | | | | | | | |
| Landers Nolley$^≠$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| Chiang Kuang-Chien | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wang Tzu-Kang | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kao Kuo-Hao | | | | | | | | | | |
| Earl Clark | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tseng Po-Yu | | | | | | | | | | |
| Chu Yun-Hao | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tien Hao | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kennedy Meeks | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hsiao Shun-Yi | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lee Chia-Jui | | | | | | | | | | |
| Nate Laszewski$^≠$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| Matej Radunič$^‡$ | 1 | 25:49 | 12.0 | 50.0% | 50.0% | 25.0% | 10.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Chou Po-Hsun | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tsai Cheng-Kang | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lu Kuan-Hsuan | | | | | | | | | | |
| Julian Gamble$^{≠‡}$ | 2 | 22:10 | 6.0 | 41.7% | 0.0% | 50.0% | 7.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
| Iong Ngai-San | | | | | | | | | | |
| Michael Holyfield$^‡$ | 11 | 24:31 | 7.5 | 46.4% | 0.0% | 48.4% | 10.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| Lee Chi-Wei | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dar Tucker$^{≠‡}$ | 4 | 22:02 | 14.0 | 34.5% | 14.3% | 51.7% | 5.5 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
$^‡$ Left during the season $^≠$ Acquired during the season
* Reference：

## Transactions
### Overview

| Players Added Via draft Tsai Cheng-Kang Free agency Julian Gamble Nate Laszewski Lee Chi-Wei Li Han-Sheng Kennedy Meeks Landers Nolley Matej Radunič Dar Tucker | Players Lost Free agency Deyonta Davis Jamarcus Mearidy Waived Michael Efevberha Julian Gamble Michael Holyfield Liu Kuang-Shang Matej Radunič Shih Yen-Tsung Dar Tucker Retirement Lu Chi-Min Sung Yu-Hsuan |

### Free Agency
#### Re-signed

| Date | Player | Contract terms |
| July 12, 2024 | Tseng Po-Yu | 3-year contract, worth unknown |
| August 21, 2024 | Michael Holyfield | — |
| August 22, 2024 | Michael Efevberha | — |
| September 13, 2024 | Earl Clark | — |

#### Additions

| Date | Player | Contract terms | Former team |
| July 3, 2024 | Lee Chi-Wei | — | Taiwan Beer Leopards |
| July 10, 2024 | Li Han-Sheng | — | Tainan TSG GhostHawks |
| July 30, 2024 | Tsai Cheng-Kang | — | UCH |
| August 12, 2024 | Matej Radunič | — | Herons Basket Montecatini |
| October 1, 2024 | Kennedy Meeks | — | Taoyuan Pauian Pilots |
| December 10, 2024 | Julian Gamble | — | Lobos Plateados de la BUAP |
| December 23, 2024 | Dar Tucker | — | Mineros de Zacatecas |
| January 15, 2025 | Landers Nolley | — | Aris Midea |
| February 28, 2025 | Nate Laszewski | — | Aris Midea |

#### Subtractions

| Date | Player | Reason | New Team |
| July 1, 2024 | Jamarcus Mearidy | Contract expired | — |
| July 31, 2024 | Sung Yu-Hsuan | Retirement | Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers assistant strength and conditioning coach |
| August 19, 2024 | Shih Yen-Tsung | Contract terminated | Permanent ban by CTBA |
| August 26, 2024 | Liu Kuang-Shang | Contract terminated | Yulon |
| August 28, 2024 | Lu Chi-Min | Retirement | Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers assistant coach |
| September 13, 2024 | Deyonta Davis | Contract expired | — |
| October 8, 2024 | Michael Efevberha | Contract terminated | New Taipei Kings |
| November 21, 2024 | Matej Radunič | Contract terminated | Virtus Roma |
| January 3, 2025 | Julian Gamble | Contract terminated | — |
| February 12, 2025 | Dar Tucker | Contract terminated | — |
| March 13, 2025 | Michael Holyfield | Contract terminated | Maccabi Ra'anana |

## Awards
### Player of the Week

| Week | Recipient | Award | Ref. |
| 12 | Landers Nolley | Week 12 Player of the Week | |
| 17 | Landers Nolley | Week 17 Player of the Week | |

### Player of the Month

| Month | Recipient | Award | Ref. |
| January & February | Landers Nolley | January & February Player of the Month (import) | |