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The 2025–26 Taipei Taishin Mars season was the franchise's third season, its second season in the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL).

PresidentYang Yuan-Ming
General ManagerLin You-Ting
Head CoachHsu Hao-Cheng (resigned)
Milan Stevanovic (interim)
ArenaTaipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
Quick facts Taipei Taishin Mars season, President ...
2025–26 Taipei Taishin Mars season
PresidentYang Yuan-Ming
General ManagerLin You-Ting
Head CoachHsu Hao-Cheng (resigned)
Milan Stevanovic (interim)
ArenaTaipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
TPBL results
Record11–25 (30.6%)
Place6th
Playoffs finishDid not qualify
Player records
PointsTing Sheng-Ju
12.9
ReboundsSamuel Manu
5.3
AssistsTing Sheng-Ju
7.7
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The Mars were coached by Hsu Hao-Cheng in his third year as their head coach. On March 26, 2026, the Mars announced that Hsu Hao-Cheng resigned from head coach, and named Milan Stevanovic, the assistant coach of the Taipei Taishin Mars, as their interim head coach.[1]

Draft

Main article: 2025 TPBL draft
More information Round, Pick ...
Round Pick Player Position(s) School / club team
1 4 Xie Ming-Jun Forward Southern Coast Academy
2 7 Wei Peng-Ho Guard NTNU
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Roster

More information Players, Coaches ...
2025–26 Taipei Taishin Mars roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.AgeFrom
PG 3 Taiwan Ting Sheng-Ju 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 27 – (1998-08-22)22 August 1998 St. Francis
C 4 South Sudan Australia Makur Maker (I) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 25 – (2000-11-04)4 November 2000 Howard
PG 5 Taiwan Vietnam Wei Peng-Ho 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 72 kg (159 lb) 23 – (2003-01-03)3 January 2003 NTNU
SF 6 Taiwan Chiang Chun 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 24 – (2001-09-11)11 September 2001 FJU
PF 7 Taiwan Liu Yen-Ting 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 26 – (2000-01-07)7 January 2000 OCU
SF 8 Taiwan Chen Wen-Hung (C) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 34 – (1991-07-14)14 July 1991 NTSU
PF 9 Taiwan Chang Chao-Chen 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 25 – (2000-09-02)2 September 2000 NTNU
SF 11 Taiwan Huang Tsung-Han 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 31 – (1994-07-07)7 July 1994 MDU
G 12 United States Michael Frazier (I) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 32 – (1994-03-08)8 March 1994 Florida
G 15 Taiwan Xie Ming-Jun 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 20 – (2005-11-11)11 November 2005 SCA
C 20 Taiwan Sun Szu-Yao 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 28 – (1997-10-03)3 October 1997 NYIT
PF 21 United States Cyprus Darral Willis (I) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 30 – (1996-01-21)21 January 1996 Wichita State
SG 23 United States Taiwan Kenneth Chien 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 31 – (1995-02-06)6 February 1995 Broward
SG 29 Taiwan Chang Keng-Yu 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 30 – (1995-10-16)16 October 1995 NTUS
G 33 Taiwan United States Samuel Manu 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 25 – (2000-09-24)24 September 2000 UC Davis
C 35 Senegal Youssou Ndoye (I) 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 34 – (1991-07-15)15 July 1991 St. Bonaventure
PF 41 Taiwan Su Yi-Chin 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 32 – (1993-12-29)29 December 1993 MDU
C 62 Taiwan Chen Kuan-Chuan 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 32 – (1993-12-30)30 December 1993 NTSU
Head coach
  • Serbia Milan Stevanovic (interim)
Assistant coach(es)
  • Taiwan Hsu Hao-Cheng
  • Taiwan Ni Hsueh-Chien
  • Taiwan Chen Shih-Nien
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Taiwan Chen Sheng-Chuan
  • Taiwan Liu Yu-Jie
Athletic trainer(s)
  • Taiwan Chien Shao-Fu
Team manager
  • Taiwan Lin You-Ting
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured Injured
Updated: May 2, 2026
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Shiga Lakes Taiwan Camp

August 26, 2025
Shiga Lakes 83–51 Taipei Taishin Mars

International friendship match

Game log

September 12, 2025
13:30 (UTC+8)
Seoul SK Knights 87–73 Taipei Taishin Mars
Beitou Resort Basketball Court, Taipei City
September 19, 2025
Shimane Susanoo Magic 83–70 Taipei Taishin Mars
Taipei Datong Sports Center, Taipei City

Interleague friendship match

Game log

September 20, 2025
TSG GhostHawks 106–97 Taipei Taishin Mars
September 24, 2025
Taoyuan Pauian Pilots 88–107 Taipei Taishin Mars
New Taipei City Linkou Civil Sports Center, New Taipei City

Preseason

Game log

More information 2025 preseason game log Total: 1–1 (home: 0–1; road: 1–0), Game ...
2025 preseason game log
Total: 1–1 (home: 0–1; road: 1–0)
Preseason : 1–1 (home: 0–1; road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 October 4 @ Kings W 105–100 Stanton Kidd (21) Jordy Tshimanga (13) Ting Sheng-Ju (7) Pingtung County Stadium
 1–0
2 October 5 Aquas L 79–93 Kenneth Chien (18) Kenneth Chien (8)
Chen Kuan-Chuan (8)		 Ting Sheng-Ju (2)
Samuel Manu (2)
Kenneth Chien (2)		 Pingtung County Stadium
 1–1
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Regular season

Main article: 2025–26 TPBL regular season

Standings

More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team
 Pld W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards 36 23 13 .639 — Advance to semifinals
2 Formosa Dreamers 36 22 14 .611 1
3 Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers 36 22 14 .611 1
4 New Taipei CTBC DEA 36 20 16 .556 3 Advance to play-in
5 New Taipei Kings 36 19 17 .528 4
6 Taipei Taishin Mars 36 11 25 .306 12
7 Kaohsiung Aquas 36 9 27 .250 14
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Source: TPBL

Game log

More information 2025–26 regular season game log Total: 11–25 (home: 4–14; road: 7–11), Game ...
2025–26 regular season game log
Total: 11–25 (home: 4–14; road: 7–11)
October : 1–1 (home: 0–0; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 October 19 @ Kings W 123–120 (OT) Zach Lofton (41) Jordy Tshimanga (10) Zach Lofton (14) Xinzhuang Gymnasium
3,650		 1–0
2 October 25 @ DEA L 78–91 Zach Lofton (25) Jordy Tshimanga (16) Zach Lofton (4) Xinzhuang Gymnasium
5,851		 1–1
November : 2–3 (home: 1–1; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
3 November 1 @ Aquas W 110–105 Zach Lofton (22)
Stanton Kidd (22)		 Jordy Tshimanga (16) Zach Lofton (7) Kaohsiung Arena
3,657		 2–1
4 November 8 @ Leopards L 102–122 Zach Lofton (31) Darral Willis (13) Zach Lofton (5) Taoyuan Arena
6,023		 2–2
5 November 15 Kings W 97–87 Zach Lofton (28) Jordy Tshimanga (15) Kenneth Chien (4) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
5,500		 3–2
6 November 16 Leopards L 102–112 Stanton Kidd (23) Jordy Tshimanga (17) Zach Lofton (6) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
4,336		 3–3
7 November 23 @ Dreamers L 117–128 Zach Lofton (29) Darral Willis (14) Ting Sheng-Ju (3) Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
3,000		 3–4
December : 3–2 (home: 2–1; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
8 December 3 Lioneers W 100–98 Darral Willis (29) Darral Willis (15) Xie Ming-Jun (4) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
3,158		 4–4
9 December 6 DEA L 104–108 Stanton Kidd (24) Darral Willis (10) Ting Sheng-Ju (8) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
5,169		 4–5
10 December 7 Aquas W 96–91 (OT) Darral Willis (39) Darral Willis (20) Ting Sheng-Ju (9) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
4,086		 5–5
11 December 21 @ Lioneers W 94–83 Stanton Kidd (29) Darral Willis (22) Ting Sheng-Ju (10) Hsinchu County Stadium
4,508		 6–5
12 December 27 @ Dreamers L 98–108 Darral Willis (35) Darral Willis (17) Ting Sheng-Ju (13) Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
3,000		 6–6
January : 2–4 (home: 1–3; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
13 January 7 @ Aquas L 103–108 Darral Willis (25)
Stanton Kidd (25)		 Darral Willis (20) Ting Sheng-Ju (8) Kaohsiung Arena
2,815		 6–7
14 January 10 Dreamers L 91–110 Diamond Stone (27) Diamond Stone (9) Ting Sheng-Ju (6) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
5,162		 6–8
15 January 11 Leopards W 114–108 Diamond Stone (28) Diamond Stone (12) Ting Sheng-Ju (8) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
4,071		 7–8
16 January 17 DEA L 79–95 Stanton Kidd (24) Kenneth Chien (6)
Diamond Stone (6)		 Stanton Kidd (7) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
4,550		 7–9
17 January 18 Lioneers L 98–101 Makur Maker (25) Stanton Kidd (14) Ting Sheng-Ju (6) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
4,075		 7–10
18 January 25 @ DEA W 112–104 Makur Maker (32) Makur Maker (11) Ting Sheng-Ju (10) Xinzhuang Gymnasium
4,165		 8–10
February : 0–5 (home: 0–3; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
19 February 1 @ Leopards L 87–98 Stanton Kidd (19) Makur Maker (20) Ting Sheng-Ju (4)
Samuel Manu (4)		 Taoyuan City Zhongli Civil Sports Center
2,000		 8–11
20 February 7 Kings L 96–98 Makur Maker (48) Makur Maker (16) Ting Sheng-Ju (10) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
5,176		 8–12
21 February 8 Dreamers L 91–104 Makur Maker (34) Makur Maker (22) Ting Sheng-Ju (8) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
4,520		 8–13
22 February 11 Aquas L 90–104 Ting Sheng-Ju (29) Samuel Manu (5)
Huang Tsung-Han (5)		 Ting Sheng-Ju (5) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
3,291		 8–14
23 February 14 @ Kings L 95–116 Huang Tsung-Han (22) Samuel Manu (12) Samuel Manu (4)
Xie Ming-Jun (4)		 Xinzhuang Gymnasium
3,833		 8–15
March : 1–5 (home: 0–4; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
24 March 6 @ Kings L 90–93 Youssou Ndoye (19) Youssou Ndoye (17) Ting Sheng-Ju (8) Xinzhuang Gymnasium
3,716		 8–16
25 March 11 @ Lioneers W 102–94 Darral Willis (24) Darral Willis (11)
Youssou Ndoye (11)		 Ting Sheng-Ju (9) Hsinchu County Stadium
3,411		 9–16
26 March 21 Leopards L 73–99 Darral Willis (17) Youssou Ndoye (16) Ting Sheng-Ju (9) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
5,076		 9–17
27 March 22 Dreamers L 96–118 Darral Willis (29) Darral Willis (16) Makur Maker (6) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
3,984		 9–18
28 March 28 Aquas L 104–112 Makur Maker (26) Darral Willis (13) Ting Sheng-Ju (6)
Samuel Manu (6)		 Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
4,658		 9–19
29 March 29 Kings L 102–116 Makur Maker (39) Makur Maker (11) Ting Sheng-Ju (8) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
4,395		 9–20
April : 2–4 (home: 0–2; road: 2–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
30 April 1 @ DEA W 91–89 Darral Willis (28) Darral Willis (18) Ting Sheng-Ju (10) Xinzhuang Gymnasium
3,092		 10–20
31 April 5 @ Leopards L 96–107 Makur Maker (29) Makur Maker (17) Ting Sheng-Ju (6)
Youssou Ndoye (6)		 Taoyuan City Zhongli Civil Sports Center
2,000		 10–21
32 April 12 @ Aquas W 104–93 Youssou Ndoye (37) Youssou Ndoye (23) Ting Sheng-Ju (16) Kaohsiung Arena
3,188		 11–21
33 April 18 @ Dreamers L 66–99 Youssou Ndoye (16) Youssou Ndoye (15) Xie Ming-Jun (4) Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
3,000		 11–22
34 April 25 Lioneers L 86–104 Youssou Ndoye (22) Youssou Ndoye (10) Ting Sheng-Ju (13) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
4,653		 11–23
35 April 26 DEA L 103–111 Ting Sheng-Ju (34) Youssou Ndoye (16) Ting Sheng-Ju (11) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
4,022		 11–24
May : 0–1 (home: 0–0; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
36 May 2 @ Lioneers L 73–96 Youssou Ndoye (19) Youssou Ndoye (16) Michael Frazier (4)
Wei Peng-Ho (4)		 Hsinchu County Stadium
5,050		 11–25
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Player statistics

More information Legend ...
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
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Regular season

More information Player, GP ...
Player GP MPG PPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG
Zach Lofton‡934:1625.044.6%36.9%75.0%4.34.80.80.3
Ting Sheng-Ju2936:2012.937.8%36.8%83.2%3.37.71.30.0
Makur Maker≠1139:1026.242.1%30.1%82.4%13.03.41.00.6
Wei Peng-Ho247:431.622.6%15.2%64.3%0.71.00.50.0
Chiang Chun176:320.926.1%25.0%12.5%0.70.30.30.1
Liu Yen-Ting1812:093.241.8%28.6%42.1%2.70.40.40.1
Chen Wen-Hung3011:502.538.7%31.4%78.6%0.90.40.30.0
Chang Chao-Chen2115:113.934.5%32.1%40.0%1.50.70.60.1
Stanton Kidd‡1733:5921.341.4%33.8%72.8%7.42.51.50.5
Huang Tsung-Han3123:218.239.1%38.2%80.0%2.10.60.80.2
Michael Frazier≠422:377.031.4%20.0%57.1%2.03.01.30.3
Xie Ming-Jun3217:484.539.6%30.6%64.7%2.01.00.40.0
Sun Szu-Yao62:350.00.0%0.0%0.0%0.30.00.20.0
Darral Willis1832:1723.147.5%35.6%76.7%12.61.91.30.4
Kenneth Chien3428:539.148.5%32.2%54.5%2.91.90.80.2
Chang Keng-Yu23:550.00.0%0.0%0.0%1.00.00.50.0
Jordy Tshimanga‡828:1911.157.4%0.0%58.7%12.80.91.81.3
Samuel Manu2932:3510.941.0%26.5%65.1%5.32.61.20.3
Diamond Stone≠‡825:0215.143.8%42.4%71.9%6.60.60.80.6
Youssou Ndoye≠1332:0114.652.3%21.1%59.5%12.11.50.70.5
Su Yi-Chin199:251.944.4%40.0%63.6%0.90.80.50.2
Chen Kuan-Chuan209:322.141.9%30.0%75.0%1.10.50.30.2
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‡ Left during the season
≠ Acquired during the season

  • Reference：[9]

Transactions

Main article: List of 2025–26 TPBL season transactions

Overview

Players added

Via draft

  • Wei Peng-Ho
  • Xie Ming-Jun

Via free agency

 Players lost

Via trade

  • Wang Lu-Hsiang

Via free agency

Waived

Trades

More information Date, Trade ...
Date Trade Ref.
July 11, 2025 To Taipei Taishin Mars
  • Cash considerations
 To TSG GhostHawks
  • Wang Lu-Hsiang
 [10]
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Free agency

Additions

More information Date, Player ...
Date Player Contract terms Former team Ref.
August 14, 2025Darral WillisN/aGreece Aris[11]
August 20, 2025Xie Ming-JunN/aUnited States Southern Coast Academy[12]
August 20, 2025Wei Peng-HoN/aTaiwan NTNU[12]
August 21, 2025Liu Yen-TingN/aTaiwan Kaohsiung Steelers[13]
September 3, 2025Jordy TshimangaN/aCanada Winnipeg Sea Bears[14]
September 8, 2025Stanton KiddN/aJapan Sendai 89ers[15]
September 10, 2025Zach LoftonN/aLebanon Sagesse[16]
October 9, 2025Sun Szu-YaoN/aJapan Kanazawa Samuraiz[17]
December 16, 2025Diamond StoneN/aIsrael Maccabi Kiryat Gat[18]
January 16, 2026Makur MakerN/aLebanon Sagesse[19]
February 4, 2026Michael FrazierN/aIran Palayesh Naft Abadan[20]
March 4, 2026Youssou NdoyeN/aTanzania Dar City[21]
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Subtractions

More information Date, Player ...
Date Player Reason New team Ref.
June 18, 2025Jeantal CyllaContract expiredChina Hubei Wenlv[22]
June 27, 2025Micheal EricContract expiredSouth Korea Changwon LG Sakers[23]
June 30, 2025Lin Yi-HueiContract expiredN/a[24]
June 30, 2025Tsao Xun-XiangContract expiredTaiwan Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards[24][25]
August 20, 2025Malcolm MillerContract expiredTaiwan Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards[26]
September 10, 2025Ray McCallumContract expiredChina Hefei Storm[16][27]
September 10, 2025Adrien MoermanContract expiredFrance Chorale Roanne[16][28]
December 24, 2025Zach LoftonContract terminatedLibya Al Ittihad Tripoli[29][30]
January 16, 2026Jordy TshimangaContract terminatedMongolia Ulaanbaatar Xac Broncos[19][31]
February 27, 2026Diamond StoneContract terminatedVenezuela Marinos de Anzoátegui[32]
March 4, 2026Stanton KiddContract terminatedChina Changsha Yongsheng[21][33]
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Awards

Yearly awards

More information Recipient, Award ...
Recipient Award Ref.
Ting Sheng-JuAssists Leader[34]
All-TPBL Second Team[35]
Samuel ManuDunk of the Year[36]
All-Defensive Second Team[37]
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Player of the Week

More information Week, Recipient ...
Week Recipient Award Ref.
8Darral WillisWeek 8 Player of the Week[38]
15Makur MakerWeek 15 Player of the Week[39]
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Player of the Month

More information Month, Recipient ...
Month Recipient Award Ref.
January & FebruaryMakur MakerJanuary & February Player of the Month (import)[40]
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