The 2024–25 Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers season was the franchise's fifth season, its first season in the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL).

The Lioneers were 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：

Roster

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

Game log

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

Game log

International friendship match

Preseason Game log

|-style="background:#fcc" | 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 Stadium2,807 | 0–1 |-style="background:#cfc" | 2 | October 12 | Mars | W 111–108 | Earl Clark (21) | Kennedy Meeks (15) | Kao Kuo-Hao (6) | Hsinchu County Stadium3,169 | 1–1 |-style="background:#fcc" | 3 | October 13 | Leopards | L 98–99 | Kennedy Meeks (18) | Matej Radunič (12) | Tseng Po-Yu (5) | Hsinchu County Stadium3,668 | 1–2

Regular season

Standings

Game log

|-style="background:#fcc" | 1 | October 20 | @ Aquas | L 79–93 | Earl Clark (20) | Kennedy Meeks (9) | Kao Kuo-Hao (3)Tseng Po-Yu (3) | Kaohsiung Arena4,164 | 0–1 |-style="background:#fcc" | 2 | October 26 | @ Kings | L 93–122 | Earl Clark (28) | Kennedy Meeks (11) | Kao Kuo-Hao (6) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium3,581 | 0–2

|-style="background:#cfc" | 3 | November 2 | @ Mars | W 79–76 | Earl Clark (22) | Michael Holyfield (14) | Kao Kuo-Hao (6) | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium4,219 | 1–2 |-style="background:#cfc" | 4 | November 9 | Leopards | W 99–73 | Earl Clark (25) | Michael Holyfield (15) | Kao Kuo-Hao (9) | Hsinchu County Stadium5,721 | 2–2 |-style="background:#fcc" | 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 Stadium5,433 | 2–3 |-style="background:#fcc" | 6 | November 30 | @ DEA | L 84–85 | Earl Clark (28) | Earl Clark (12) | Kao Kuo-Hao (6) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium5,195 | 2–4

|-style="background:#fcc" | 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 Arena2,138 | 2–5 |-style="background:#fcc" | 8 | December 7 | @ Kings | L 78–96 | Kennedy Meeks (15) | Earl Clark (14) | Kao Kuo-Hao (5) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium4,349 | 2–6 |-style="background:#fcc" | 9 | December 13 | @ Dreamers | L 81–96 | Earl Clark (22) | Earl Clark (12) | Lu Kuan-Hsuan (5) | Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium2,618 | 2–7 |-style="background:#cfc" | 10 | December 21 | @ DEA | W 93–78 | Earl Clark (30) | Earl Clark (18) | Lee Chi-Wei (4) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium3,785 | 3–7 |-style="background:#fcc" | 11 | December 28 | DEA | L 91–97 | Earl Clark (18) | Kennedy Meeks (16) | Kao Kuo-Hao (5)Lee Chi-Wei (5) | Hsinchu County Stadium4,181 | 3–8 |-style="background:#fcc" | 12 | December 29 | Leopards | L 102–106 | Kao Kuo-Hao (26) | Kao Kuo-Hao (12) | Kao Kuo-Hao (6) | Hsinchu County Stadium4,017 | 3–9

|-style="background:#fcc" | 13 | January 4 | Kings | L 89–98 | Kao Kuo-Hao (20) | Kennedy Meeks (21) | Kao Kuo-Hao (5) | Hsinchu County Stadium5,077 | 3–10 |-style="background:#fcc" | 14 | January 5 | DEA | L 75–83 | Kao Kuo-Hao (16) | Kennedy Meeks (18) | Kao Kuo-Hao (6) | Hsinchu County Stadium3,447 | 3–11 |-style="background:#fcc" | 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 Arena4,015 | 3–12 |-style="background:#cfc" | 16 | January 18 | Mars | W 117–105 | Landers Nolley (41) | Earl Clark (13) | Landers Nolley (5) | Hsinchu County Stadium3,822 | 4–12 |-style="background:#fcc" | 17 | January 19 | Kings | L 106–114 | Landers Nolley (44) | Earl Clark (11) | Landers Nolley (8) | Hsinchu County Stadium4,953 | 4–13 |-style="background:#cfc" | 18 | January 22 | Dreamers | W 106–99 | Landers Nolley (30) | Kennedy Meeks (17) | Landers Nolley (8) | Hsinchu County Stadium4,051 | 5–13

|-style="background:#cfc" | 19 | February 5 | Aquas | W 97–91 | Landers Nolley (34) | Kennedy Meeks (15) | Kao Kuo-Hao (6) | Hsinchu County Stadium3,578 | 6–13 |-style="background:#fcc" | 20 | February 9 | @ Mars | L 90–100 | Landers Nolley (30) | Kennedy Meeks (13) | Kao Kuo-Hao (6) | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium3,853 | 6–14

|-style="background:#fcc" | 21 | March 1 | @ Leopards | L 82–98 | Earl Clark (25) | Earl Clark (12) | Li Han-Sheng (7) | Taoyuan Arena5,531 | 6–15 |-style="background:#fcc" | 22 | March 8 | @ Aquas | L 88–104 | Landers Nolley (31) | Landers Nolley (14) | Li Han-Sheng (5)Landers Nolley (5) | Kaohsiung Arena5,081 | 6–16 |-style="background:#cfc" | 23 | March 12 | Leopards | W 94–77 | Earl Clark (28) | Landers Nolley (9) | Li Han-Sheng (5)Lu Kuan-Hsuan (5) | Hsinchu County Stadium3,078 | 7–16 |-style="background:#fcc" | 24 | March 15 | Kings | L 111–114 | Landers Nolley (29) | Landers Nolley (7) | Landers Nolley (9) | Hsinchu County Stadium5,411 | 7–17 |-style="background:#cfc" | 25 | March 16 | Aquas | W 116–103 | Landers Nolley (44) | Kennedy Meeks (11) | Landers Nolley (6) | Hsinchu County Stadium4,791 | 8–17 |-style="background:#fcc" | 26 | March 23 | @ Dreamers | L 105–110 | Landers Nolley (29) | Landers Nolley (11)Nate Laszewski (11) | Landers Nolley (5)Li Han-Sheng (5) | Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium2,862 | 8–18 |-style="background:#fcc" | 27 | March 30 | @ Mars | L 98–117 | Landers Nolley (23)Kennedy Meeks (23) | Kennedy Meeks (14) | Landers Nolley (8) | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium3,827 | 8–19

|-style="background:#cfc" | 28 | April 5 | Dreamers | W 107–90 | Landers Nolley (30) | Nate Laszewski (10) | Landers Nolley (10) | Hsinchu County Stadium5,091 | 9–19 |-style="background:#fcc" | 29 | April 6 | DEA | L 91–97 | Li Han-Sheng (17) | Nate Laszewski (13) | Li Han-Sheng (7) | Hsinchu County Stadium3,547 | 9–20 |-style="background:#cfc" | 30 | April 9 | Mars | W 103–92 | Landers Nolley (31) | Kennedy Meeks (14) | Landers Nolley (6) | Hsinchu County Stadium3,047 | 10–20 |-style="background:#fcc" | 31 | April 12 | @ Kings | L 100–111 | Landers Nolley (25)Kennedy Meeks (25) | Kennedy Meeks (15) | Landers Nolley (11) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium4,774 | 10–21 |-style="background:#fcc" | 32 | April 19 | @ Leopards | L 83–95 | Kao Kuo-Hao (23) | Kennedy Meeks (13) | Li Han-Sheng (5)Kao Kuo-Hao (5) | Taoyuan Arena6,218 | 10–22 |-style="background:#fcc" | 33 | April 25 | @ DEA | L 101–103 (OT) | Landers Nolley (35) | Kennedy Meeks (18) | Landers Nolley (8) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium3,174 | 10–23

|-style="background:#fcc" | 34 | May 3 | @ Dreamers | L 89–99 | Landers Nolley (20) | Kennedy Meeks (19) | Li Han-Sheng (5) | Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium2,439 | 10–24 |-style="background:#cfc" | 35 | May 10 | Dreamers | W 106–79 | Landers Nolley (30) | Kennedy Meeks (13) | Kao Kuo-Hao (5) | Hsinchu County Stadium5,288 | 11–24 |-style="background:#cfc" | 36 | May 11 | Aquas | W 118–99 | Landers Nolley (39) | Landers Nolley (10)Nate Laszewski (10)Kennedy Meeks (10) | Landers Nolley (10) | Hsinchu County Stadium4,312 | 12–24

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<noinclude>

Regular season Player GP MPG PPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG Li Han-Sheng 30 20:46 5.9 37.3% 33.0% 76.5% 2.3 2.8 1.1 0.0 Landers Nolley≠ 21 38:18 29.1 45.2% 33.1% 75.0% 8.2 6.0 2.2 0.8 Chiang Kuang-Chien 5 3:58 0.8 0.0% 0.0% 66.7% 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 Wang Tzu-Kang 16 7:50 1.8 29.7% 24.0% 33.3% 1.3 0.2 0.3 0.0 Kao Kuo-Hao 33 27:07 10.6 37.4% 31.7% 72.9% 3.2 3.9 1.5 0.1 Earl Clark 23 35:06 18.0 39.9% 31.7% 78.4% 8.9 1.7 1.7 0.9 Tseng Po-Yu 19 12:17 3.2 39.1% 0.0% 68.8% 0.9 1.7 0.8 0.0 Chu Yun-Hao 29 18:09 4.9 31.2% 25.9% 84.2% 1.9 0.8 0.4 0.1 Tien Hao 12 12:11 4.0 34.9% 58.8% 40.0% 0.8 1.6 0.7 0.1 Kennedy Meeks 31 28:09 14.5 49.2% 34.1% 68.1% 12.0 1.5 1.5 0.7 Hsiao Shun-Yi 33 20:02 6.6 45.0% 18.4% 73.6% 1.9 0.9 0.8 0.2 Lee Chia-Jui 4 4:04 0.5 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.3 Matej Radunič‡ 1 25:49 12.0 50.0% 50.0% 25.0% 10.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 Nate Laszewski≠ 15 30:05 12.7 45.0% 30.4% 62.0% 8.3 1.4 1.3 0.4 Chou Po-Hsun 18 9:10 1.4 56.3% 20.0% 50.0% 1.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 Tsai Cheng-Kang 29 12:52 4.1 40.5% 35.0% 58.3% 1.9 0.9 0.7 0.3 Lu Kuan-Hsuan 26 27:09 9.7 46.4% 36.8% 83.3% 1.7 2.2 1.0 0.0 Julian Gamble≠‡ 2 22:10 6.0 41.7% 0.0% 50.0% 7.0 0.5 1.5 1.0 Iong Ngai-San 2 2:51 1.0 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.5 Michael Holyfield‡ 11 24:31 7.5 46.4% 0.0% 48.4% 10.3 0.5 0.8 0.9 Lee Chi-Wei 36 22:17 4.0 28.8% 22.0% 67.9% 1.9 0.9 0.6 0.3 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 Via free agency Julian Gamble Nate Laszewski Lee Chi-Wei Li Han-Sheng Kennedy Meeks Landers Nolley Matej Radunič Dar TuckerPlayers lost Via 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 DatePlayerContract termsRef. 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 DatePlayerContract termsFormer teamRef. 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 DatePlayerReasonNew teamRef. July 1, 2024 Jamarcus Mearidy Contract expired Yankey Ark July 31, 2024 Sung Yu-Hsuan Retirement Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers assistant strength and conditioning coach August 19, 2024 Shih Yen-Tsung Contract terminated 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 Raleigh Firebirds February 12, 2025 Dar Tucker Contract terminated→ Retirement March 13, 2025 Michael Holyfield Contract terminated Maccabi Ra'anana

Awards Yearly awards Recipient Award Ref. Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers Home-Court of the Year

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 25 Landers Nolley Week 25 Player of the Week

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

References