Aaron Falzon

Basketball player (b. 1996)

Aaron FalzonNo. 35 – Besançon Avenir Comtois

Position| Power forward
League| Nationale Masculine 1
Personal information
Born|  (1996-05-19) May 19, 1996 (age 29)
Nationality| American / Maltese
Listed height| 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight| 225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school| Northfield Mount Hermon
(Mount Hermon, Massachusetts)
College|

* Northwestern (2015–2019)
* Quinnipiac (2019–2020)

Playing career| 2020–present
Career history
2020| Étoile Angers Basket
2020–2021| Leicester Riders
2021–2022| Traiskirchen Lions
2022–2023| Mulhouse Basket Agglomération
2023| Kagawa Five Arrows
2023–2024| Tachikawa Dice
2024–present| Besancon Avenir Comtois

Medals

Men's Basketball
Representing  Malta
| 2018 San Marino | Team
| 2021 Dublin | Team
| 2022 Malta | Team
| 2023 Malta | Team

Aaron Michael Falzon (born May 19, 1996) is a Maltese professional basketball player for Besancon Avenir Comtois (BesAC) of the Nationale Masculine 1. He also plays on the Malta national basketball team.[1] He played college basketball for the Northwestern Wildcats and Quinnipiac Bobcats.[2][3]

## High school career

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Falzon graduated from Northfield Mount Hermon School in 2015. As a senior, he was named NEPSAC AAA player of the year. He led NMH to a 26–9 record and averaged 17.7 points per game while grabbing 6.1 rebounds per game.[4] He also made 114 3-pointers during his senior year.

### Recruiting

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Falzon finished high school as a 4-star recruit and the 75th ranked player in the class of 2015 according to ESPN.[5]

College recruiting information  Name  | Hometown  | School  | Height  | Weight  | Commit date

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Aaron Falzon
PF | Newton, MA | Northfield Mount Hermon (MA)  | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)  | 210 lb (95 kg)  | Oct 13, 2014
Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:    (83)

## College career

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### Northwestern

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As a freshman (2015–2016) Falzon played in all 32 games and started in 29 contests. He made a total of 63 3-pointers, the second most ever by a Northwestern freshman. In his debut, Falzon scored 20 points, which is a school record by a freshman in his debut. As a sophomore (2016–2017) Falzon played in only 3 games before redshirting and having season ending knee surgery.[6]

As a redshirt sophomore (2017–2018) played in only 28 games due to injury and started in 10 of those games. He shot 37.5% from the 3-point line while averaging 5.5 points a game. Against Minnesota, Falzon scored 8 points without registering a field goal attempt as he shot 8–8 from the free throw line.

During his final year as a Wildcat (2018–19) Falzon was once again limited due to injury. He played in only 17 contests and started only 4 games. He scored a career high 21 points against Indiana after only scoring 6 points in 3 games prior to the game. He finished the season averaging 3.9 points per game.[2]

### Quinnipiac

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Falzon committed to Quinnipiac as a graduate transfer in the spring of 2019.[7] He scored 24 points against Monmouth.[8] He averaged 7.8 points and 2.9 rebounds per game in his only season at Quinnipiac.[9]

## Professional career

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On September 14, 2020, Falzon signed his first professional contract with Etoile Angers Basket of the Nationale Masculine 1.[9] On December 4, 2020, Falzon signed a one-season contract with Leicester Riders of the British Basketball League (BBL).[10] He averaged 4.1 points and 2.5 rebounds per game. On August 9, 2021, Falzon signed with the Traiskirchen Lions of the Austrian Basketball Bundesliga.[11]

On July 31, 2024, Falzon signed with Besancon Avenir Comtois (BesAC) of the Nationale Masculine 1.[12]

## National team career

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Falzon has represented Malta in several international tournaments. He participated in the 2021 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries and helped Malta win bronze. Falzon had a 38-point game against Gibraltar and averaged 23.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game. He was named to the All-Star Five.[13]

## Career statistics

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Legend    GP  | Games played  |   GS  | Games started  |  MPG  | Minutes per game

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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  |  Bold  | Career high

### College

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Year  | Team  | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG

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2015–16 | Northwestern | 32 | 29 | 24.5 | .383 | .354 | .717 | 3.4 | .9 | .3 | .3 | 8.4
2016–17 | Northwestern | 3 | 0 | 6.7 | .000 | .000 | – | .7 | 1.0 | .0 | .3 | .0
2017–18 | Northwestern | 28 | 10 | 16.0 | .349 | .375 | .853 | 1.7 | .5 | .3 | .2 | 5.5
2018–19 | Northwestern | 17 | 4 | 15.5 | .313 | .317 | .833 | 1.6 | .6 | .4 | .3 | 3.9
2019–20 | Quinnipiac | 30 | 16 | 24.0 | .394 | .348 | .850 | 2.9 | .7 | .6 | .5 | 7.8
Career  | 110 | 59 | 20.3 | .370 | .349 | .792 | 2.5 | .7 | .4 | .3 | 6.6

## Personal life

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Aaron's brother is basketball player Tevin Falzon.[14]

## References

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1. ^ "Aaron FALZON". fiba.basketball.
2. ^ a b "2018-19 Men's Basketball Roster". nusports.com.
3. ^ "Bobcats Add Graduate Transfer Aaron Falzon". gobobcats.com. May 20, 2019.
4. ^ "Bio". Maxpreps.com.
5. ^ "Aaron Falzon". espn.com.
6. ^ "Bio". www.chicagotribune.com. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
7. ^ Borges, David (May 20, 2019). "Quinnipiac men add Aaron Falzon, a transfer from Northwestern" (PHP). www.nhregister.com. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
8. ^ Logue, Ethan (April 2, 2020). "Way too early look at next year's Quinnipiac winter sports". Q30TV. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
9. ^ a b "Falzon starts his pro career at Angers". Eurobasket. September 14, 2020. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
10. ^ "Falzon is a Rider". bbl.org.uk. December 4, 2020. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
11. ^ "Arkadia signs Aaron Falzon". Eurobasket. August 9, 2021. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
12. ^ "Le BesAC tient son poste 4 majeur : Aaron Falzon !". Site Officiel du BesAC - Besançon Basket Nationale 1. July 31, 2024. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
13. ^ "Guillem Colom lands the MVP award, two Ireland players amongst All-Star Five". FIBA. August 15, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
14. ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (January 3, 2020). "Spilar vonandi betur á Íslandi en hann gerði á móti Íslandi". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved January 3, 2020.

## External links

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* Quinnipiac Bobcats bio
* Northwestern Wildcats bio

*[GP]: Games played
*[GS]: Games started
*[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