2025–26 Kaohsiung Aquas season

2025–26 Kaohsiung Aquas season
PresidentHou Chia-Chi
Head CoachMathias Fischer (contract terminated)
Zhu Yong-Hong (interim)
ArenaKaohsiung Arena
TPBL results
Record8–20 (28.6%)
PlaceTBD
Playoffs finishTBD

The 2025–26 Kaohsiung Aquas season is the franchise's 5th season, its second season in the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL). The Aquas are coached by Mathias Fischer in his second year as head coach.[1] On December 31, 2025, the Aquas announced to terminate contract relationship with Mathias Fischer, and named Zhu Yong-Hong, the assistant coach of the Kaohsiung Aquas, as their interim head coach.[2]

Draft

Main article: 2025 TPBL draft
Round Pick Player Position(s) School / Club team
1 5 Mayaw Fotol Forward NTSU

Roster

2025–26 Kaohsiung Aquas roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age From
PG 0 Wei Liang-Che 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 24 – (2001-11-28)28 November 2001 NKNU
PF 1 Edgaras Želionis (I) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 36 – (1989-06-04)4 June 1989 Lithuania
C 5 Kristijan Krajina  (I) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 35 – (1990-12-28)28 December 1990 Mount St. Mary's
SG 7 Yu Huan-Ya  1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 32 – (1993-11-30)30 November 1993 NTNU
SG 8 Chiu Tzu-Hsuan  1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 26 – (1999-12-08)8 December 1999 ISU
SF 9 Tang Wei-Chieh  1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 26 – (1999-09-25)25 September 1999 VMI
PF 10 Hu Long-Mao  1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 33 – (1992-12-22)22 December 1992 Chaminade
SG 11 Shih Chin-Yao 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 35 – (1990-10-28)28 October 1990 CCU
G 12 Hunter Maldonado (I) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 27 – (1999-03-24)24 March 1999 Wyoming
PF 21 Lu Wei-Ting  2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 28 – (1997-04-16)16 April 1997 ISU
PG 23 Wu Yen-Lun 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 72 kg (159 lb) 28 – (1997-06-18)18 June 1997 ISU
SG 24 Su Wen-Ju 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 28 – (1997-10-16)16 October 1997 ISU
PF 25 Rade Zagorac  (I) 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 30 – (1995-08-12)12 August 1995 Serbia
SG 28 Yu Chun-An (C) 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 34 – (1992-02-13)13 February 1992 NTNU
SF 30 Mayaw Fotol 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 22 – (2003-07-07)7 July 2003 NTSU
SF 57 Wu Siao-Jin 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 30 – (1995-08-28)28 August 1995 NKNU
PG 66 Chen Huai-An  1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 28 – (1997-04-29)29 April 1997 NTUA
C 85 Chin Ming-Ching  1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 106 kg (234 lb) 31 – (1994-11-14)14 November 1994 NTNU
Head coach
  • Zhu Yong-Hong (interim)
Assistant coach(es)
  • Liao Che-Yi
  • Lee Cheng-Yen
Athletic trainer(s)
  • Liao Hsuan-Yi
  • Wu You-Ting
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured
Updated: March 23, 2026

Preseason

Game log

2025 preseason game log
Total: 1–1 (home: 0–1; road: 1–0)
Preseason : 1–1 (home: 0–1; road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 October 3 Lioneers L 88–98 Yu Chun-An (14) Cady Lalanne (11) Hu Long-Mao (4) Pingtung County Stadium
 0–1
2 October 5 @ Mars W 93–79 Wu Siao-Jin (23) Lu Wei-Ting (12) Hu Long-Mao (5)
Chen Huai-An (5) 		Pingtung County Stadium
 1–1
Color： Win  Lose 
Schedule

Regular season

Main article: 2025–26 TPBL regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards 28 19 9 .679 — Advance to semifinals
2 Formosa Dreamers 28 17 11 .607 2
3 Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers 26 14 12 .538 4
4 New Taipei Kings 28 15 13 .536 4 Advance to play-in
5 New Taipei CTBC DEA 27 14 13 .519 4.5
6 Taipei Taishin Mars 27 9 18 .333 9.5
7 Kaohsiung Aquas 28 8 20 .286 11
Source: TPBL

Game log

2025–26 regular season game log
Total: 8–20 (home: 5–11; road: 3–9)
October : 2–3 (home: 1–2; road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 October 11 @ Kings L 100–110 Justin James (28) Justin James (14)
Cady Lalanne (14) 		Justin James (8) Xinzhuang Gymnasium
4,568 		0–1
2 October 18 @ Dreamers W 106–101 Reid Travis (24) Reid Travis (13) Yu Huan-Ya (7) Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
2,616 		1–1
3 October 25 Kings W 91–79 Justin James (24) Cady Lalanne (12) Yu Huan-Ya (3) Kaohsiung Arena
7,138 		2–1
4 October 26 Lioneers L 82–101 Cady Lalanne (23) Cady Lalanne (11) Justin James (4) Kaohsiung Arena
4,531 		2–2
5 October 29 Dreamers L 86–99 Hu Long-Mao (28) Chris Ortiz (7)
Reid Travis (7) 		Chen Huai-An (8) Kaohsiung Arena
2,861 		2–3
November : 1–4 (home: 0–2; road: 1–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
6 November 1 Mars L 105–110 Justin James (27) Cady Lalanne (11) Justin James (5) Kaohsiung Arena
3,657 		2–4
7 November 2 Leopards L 78–100 Cady Lalanne (27) Cady Lalanne (13) Chen Huai-An (4) Kaohsiung Arena
3,544 		2–5
8 November 9 @ Kings L 94–111 Hu Long-Mao (20) Cady Lalanne (14) Su Wen-Ju (7) Xinzhuang Gymnasium
4,085 		2–6
9 November 16 @ Lioneers L 89–97 Chris Ortiz (24) Bogdan Bliznyuk (9) Su Wen-Ju (6) Hsinchu County Stadium
4,821 		2–7
10 November 19 @ Leopards W 112–90 Su Wen-Ju (31) Bogdan Bliznyuk (11) Bogdan Bliznyuk (12) Taoyuan Arena
2,933 		3–7
December : 1–3 (home: 1–1; road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
11 December 7 @ Mars L 91–96 (OT) Bogdan Bliznyuk (31) Bogdan Bliznyuk (13) Bogdan Bliznyuk (8) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
4,086 		3–8
12 December 13 Lioneers W 99–89 Bogdan Bliznyuk (20) Kristijan Krajina (10) Bogdan Bliznyuk (11) Kaohsiung Arena
4,614 		4–8
13 December 14 Dreamers L 73–99 Chris Ortiz (14) Kristijan Krajina (13) Bogdan Bliznyuk (5) Kaohsiung Arena
5,016 		4–9
14 December 28 @ Kings L 82–86 Bogdan Bliznyuk (22) Kristijan Krajina (17) Hu Long-Mao (4) Xinzhuang Gymnasium
6,500 		4–10
January : 2–4 (home: 2–3; road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
15 January 3 Leopards L 102–108 Yu Huan-Ya (27) Rade Zagorac (8) Rade Zagorac (6) Kaohsiung Arena
4,810 		4–11
16 January 4 Kings L 94–111 Bogdan Bliznyuk (21) Bogdan Bliznyuk (15) Bogdan Bliznyuk (9) Kaohsiung Arena
4,761 		4–12
17 January 7 Mars W 108–103 Bogdan Bliznyuk (33) Kristijan Krajina (11) Bogdan Bliznyuk (6)
Kristijan Krajina (6) 		Kaohsiung Arena
2,815 		5–12
18 January 10 DEA W 114–111 Kristijan Krajina (29) Bogdan Bliznyuk (10)
Kristijan Krajina (10) 		Yu Huan-Ya (8) Kaohsiung Arena
4,950 		6–12
19 January 11 Lioneers L 79–95 Bogdan Bliznyuk (28) Bogdan Bliznyuk (8)
Kristijan Krajina (8) 		Kristijan Krajina (3) Kaohsiung Arena
4,858 		6–13
20 January 24 @ DEA L 91–133 Efe Odigie (29) Efe Odigie (8) Chen Huai-An (5) Xinzhuang Gymnasium
4,006 		6–14
February : 1–3 (home: 0–2; road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
21 February 1 @ Dreamers L 93–96 Yu Huan-Ya (22) Tang Wei-Chieh (10)
Lu Wei-Ting (10) 		Yu Huan-Ya (10) Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
2,899 		6–15
22 February 7 Leopards L 75–101 Wu Siao-Jin (13)
Rade Zagorac (13) 		Rade Zagorac (8)
Efe Odigie (8) 		Wei Liang-Che (3)
Rade Zagorac (3) 		Kaohsiung Arena
5,075 		6–16
23 February 8 DEA L 84–113 Efe Odigie (18) Kristijan Krajina (11)
Efe Odigie (11) 		Chen Huai-An (8) Kaohsiung Arena
4,659 		6–17
24 February 11 @ Mars W 104–90 Rade Zagorac (28) Kristijan Krajina (15) Chen Huai-An (5) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
3,291 		7–17
March : 1–3 (home: 1–1; road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
25 March 7 Dreamers L 97–107 Hunter Maldonado (30) Kristijan Krajina (9) Hunter Maldonado (4)
Kristijan Krajina (4) 		Kaohsiung Arena
6,051 		7–18
26 March 8 DEA W 90–88 Su Wen-Ju (20) Kristijan Krajina (12) Yu Huan-Ya (7) Kaohsiung Arena
3,908 		8–18
27 March 14 @ Lioneers L 97–113 Hunter Maldonado (23) Hunter Maldonado (13) Su Wen-Ju (7) Hsinchu County Stadium
5,217 		8–19
28 March 21 @ DEA L 91–118 Lu Wei-Ting (20) Lu Wei-Ting (8) Su Wen-Ju (4) Xinzhuang Gymnasium
4,059 		8–20
29 March 25 @ Dreamers 0–0 () () () Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
 –
30 March 28 @ Mars 0–0 () () () Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
 –
April : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
31 April 4 @ Leopards 0–0 () () () Taoyuan City Zhongli Civil Sports Center
 –
32 April 11 Kings 0–0 () () () Kaohsiung Arena
 –
33 April 12 Mars 0–0 () () () Kaohsiung Arena
 –
34 April 19 @ DEA 0–0 () () () Xinzhuang Gymnasium
 –
35 April 25 @ Leopards 0–0 () () () Taoyuan Arena
 –
May : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
36 May 3 @ Lioneers 0–0 () () () Hsinchu County Stadium
 –
Color： Win  Lose 
Schedule

Player statistics

Legend
  GP Games 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

Player GP MPG PPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG
Wei Liang-Che
Edgaras Želionis
Justin James‡ 4 33:46 23.0 44.3% 10.0% 71.4% 9.5 4.8 2.0 0.5
Kristijan Krajina≠
Chris Ortiz≠‡ 12 26:14 12.2 38.6% 30.6% 73.1% 5.0 1.4 1.2 0.3
Yu Huan-Ya
Chiu Tzu-Hsuan
Tang Wei-Chieh
Hu Long-Mao
Shih Chin-Yao
Hunter Maldonado≠
Lu Wei-Ting
Reid Travis‡ 4 31:01 15.0 43.9% 26.7% 35.3% 8.8 1.3 0.5 0.5
Wu Yen-Lun≠
Su Wen-Ju
Rade Zagorac≠
Yu Chun-An
Mayaw Fotol
Bogdan Bliznyuk≠ 11 38:34 22.7 48.7% 38.3% 80.9% 9.4 6.5 1.8 0.5
Efe Odigie≠‡ 5 23:43 17.0 47.9% 17.6% 80.0% 7.6 0.6 1.0 0.2
Wu Siao-Jin
Chen Huai-An
Chin Ming-Ching
Cady Lalanne‡ 12 30:00 15.8 40.9% 22.6% 76.4% 9.5 1.3 0.8 0.8

‡ Left during the season
≠ Acquired during the season

  • Reference：[5]

Transactions

Main article: List of 2025–26 TPBL season transactions

On March 9, 2026, Bogdan Bliznyuk was not registered in the 2025–26 TPBL season final rosters.[6]

Overview

Players Added

Via draft

  • Mayaw Fotol

Free agency

Trades

  • Shih Chin-Yao
 Players Lost

Free agency

Trades

  • Lin Jen-Hung

Waived

Trades

July 22, 2025[7] To Kaohsiung Aquas
  • Shih Chin-Yao
 To New Taipei CTBC DEA
  • Lin Jen-Hung

Free Agency

Re-signed

Date Player Contract terms Ref.
July 15, 2025 Chiu Tzu-Hsuan 4-year contract, worth unknown [8]
July 17, 2025 Chen Huai-An 3-year contract, worth unknown [9]
July 18, 2025 Yu Chun-An 3-year contract, worth unknown [10]
August 1, 2025 Edgaras Želionis N/a [11]

Additions

Date Player Contract terms Former team Ref.
August 2, 2025 Justin James N/a Álftanes [12]
August 3, 2025 Cady Lalanne N/a Sagesse [13]
August 4, 2025 Reid Travis N/a Sun Rockers Shibuya [14]
August 23, 2025 Mayaw Fotol N/a NTSU [15]
October 21, 2025 Chris Ortiz N/a Osos de Manatí [16]
November 10, 2025 Bogdan Bliznyuk N/a BC Jonava [17]
November 23, 2025 Kristijan Krajina N/a KK Dubrava [18]
December 6, 2025 Wu Yen-Lun N/a Keelung Black Kites [19]
December 17, 2025 Rade Zagorac N/a ONVO Büyükçekmece [20]
January 20, 2026 Efe Odigie N/a Ulaanbaatar Xac Broncos [21]
February 28, 2026 Hunter Maldonado N/a Brisbane Bullets [22]

Subtractions

Date Player Reason New team Ref.
July 25, 2025 Anthony Morse Contract expired Kipaş İstiklal Basketbol [23]
July 29, 2025 Craig Sword Contract expired Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers [24][25]
July 29, 2025 Kaleb Wesson Contract expired Bogor Hornbills [26][27]
July 31, 2025 Wu I-Ping Contract expired Keelung Black Kites [28][29]
November 10, 2025 Justin James Contract terminated Álftanes [30][31]
December 1, 2025 Reid Travis Contract terminated N/a [32]
January 8, 2026 Cady Lalanne Contract terminated NLEX Road Warriors [33][34]
February 28, 2026 Chris Ortiz Contract terminated Osos de Manatí [35][36]
March 10, 2026 Efe Odigie Contract terminated N/a [6][37]

Awards

Player of the Week

Week Recipient Award Ref.
7 Bogdan Bliznyuk Week 7 Player of the Week [38]
13 Bogdan Bliznyuk Week 13 Player of the Week [39]

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