{{short description|Basketball player (b. 1996)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Aaron Falzon | image = | caption = | position = Power forward | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 8 | weight_lb = 225 | league = Nationale Masculine 1 | team = Besançon Avenir Comtois | number = 35 | nationality = American / Maltese | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|5|19}} | birth_place = | high_school = Northfield Mount Hermon<br>(Mount Hermon, Massachusetts) | college = * Northwestern (2015–2019) * Quinnipiac (2019–2020) | draft_year = | career_start = 2020 | years1 = 2020 | team1 = Étoile Angers Basket | years2 = 2020–2021 | team2 = Leicester Riders | years3 = 2021–2022 | team3 = Traiskirchen Lions | years4 = 2022–2023 | team4 = Mulhouse Basket Agglomération | years5 = 2023 | team5 = Kagawa Five Arrows | years6 = 2023–2024 | team6 = Tachikawa Dice | years7 = 2024–present | team7 = Besancon Avenir Comtois | highlights = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's Basketball}} {{MedalCountry | {{MLT}} }} {{MedalGold | 2018 San Marino | Team}} {{MedalBronze | 2021 Dublin | Team}} {{MedalSilver | 2022 Malta | Team}} {{MedalSilver | 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/europe/smallcountries/2018/player/Aaron-Falzon |title=Aaron FALZON |website=fiba.basketball}}</ref> He played college basketball for the Northwestern Wildcats and Quinnipiac Bobcats.<ref name="nusports_7892"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://gobobcats.com/news/2019/5/20/mens-basketball-adds-graduate-transfer-aaron-falzon.aspx |title=Bobcats Add Graduate Transfer Aaron Falzon |website=gobobcats.com |date=2019-05-20}}</ref>

==High school career== 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.maxpreps.com/athlete/aaron-falzon/B7a_BPTuEeKZ5AAmVebBJg/default.htm|title=Bio|website=Maxpreps.com}}</ref> He also made 114 3-pointers during his senior year.

===Recruiting=== Falzon finished high school as a 4-star recruit and the 75th ranked player in the class of 2015 according to ESPN.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/news/_/id/146797/aaron-falzon |title=Aaron Falzon |website=espn.com}}</ref>

{{College Athlete Recruit Start|40=no|collapse=no|year=2015}} {{College Athlete Recruit Entry | recruit = Aaron Falzon | position = PF | hometown = Newton, MA | highschool = Northfield Mount Hermon (MA) | feet = 6 | inches = 8 | weight = 210 | 40 = | commitdate = October 13, 2014 | scout stars = 3 | rivals stars = 4 | 247 stars = 4 | espn grade = 83 }} |}

==College career==

===Northwestern=== 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.maxpreps.com/athlete/aaron-falzon/B7a_BPTuEeKZ5AAmVebBJg/default.htm |title=Bio |website=www.chicagotribune.com|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>

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.<ref name="nusports_7892"/>

===Quinnipiac=== Falzon committed to Quinnipiac as a graduate transfer in the spring of 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhregister.com/colleges/article/Quinnipiac-men-add-transfer-from-Northwestern-13860985.php |title=Quinnipiac men add Aaron Falzon, a transfer from Northwestern |last=Borges |first=David |date=May 20, 2019 |website=www.nhregister.com |format=PHP |access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref> He scored 24 points against Monmouth.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Logue |first1=Ethan |title=Way too early look at next year’s Quinnipiac winter sports |url=https://q30tv.com/sports/way-too-early-look-at-next-years-quinnipiac-winter-sports/ |accessdate=April 19, 2020 |work=Q30TV |date=April 2, 2020}}</ref> He averaged 7.8 points and 2.9 rebounds per game in his only season at Quinnipiac.<ref name="angers" />

==Professional career== On September 14, 2020, Falzon signed his first professional contract with Etoile Angers Basket of the Nationale Masculine 1.<ref name="angers">{{cite web |title=Falzon starts his pro career at Angers |url=https://www.eurobasket.com/France/news/644417/Falzon-starts-his-pro-career-at-Angers |website=Eurobasket |accessdate=September 14, 2020 |date=September 14, 2020}}</ref> On December 4, 2020, Falzon signed a one-season contract with Leicester Riders of the British Basketball League (BBL).<ref>{{cite web |title=Falzon is a Rider |url=http://www.bbl.org.uk/falzon-is-a-rider/ |website=bbl.org.uk |access-date=December 5, 2020 |date=December 4, 2020}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Arkadia signs Aaron Falzon |url=https://www.eurobasket.com/Austria/news/699018/Arkadia-signs-Aaron-Falzon |website=Eurobasket |access-date=August 9, 2021 |date=August 9, 2021}}</ref>

On July 31, 2024, Falzon signed with Besancon Avenir Comtois (BesAC) of the Nationale Masculine 1.<ref>{{cite web |title=Le BesAC tient son poste 4 majeur : Aaron Falzon ! |url=https://besacbasket.fr/2024/07/31/le-besac-tient-son-poste-4-majeur-aaron-falzon/ |publisher=Site Officiel du BesAC - Besançon Basket Nationale 1 |access-date=30 September 2024 |date=31 July 2024}}</ref>

==National team career== 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Guillem Colom lands the MVP award, two Ireland players amongst All-Star Five |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/europe/smallcountries/2021/news/guillem-colom-lands-the-mvp-award-two-ireland-players-amongst-all-star-five |website=FIBA |access-date=August 16, 2021 |date=August 15, 2021}}</ref>

==Career statistics== {{NBA player statistics legend}}

===College=== {{NBA player statistics start}} |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2015–16 | style="text-align:left;"| Northwestern | '''32''' || '''29''' || '''24.5''' || .383 || .354 || .717 || '''3.4''' || .9 || .3 || .3 || '''8.4''' |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2016–17 | style="text-align:left;"| Northwestern | 3 || 0 || 6.7 || .000 || .000 || – || .7 || '''1.0''' || .0 || .3 || .0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2017–18 | style="text-align:left;"| Northwestern | 28 || 10 || 16.0 || .349 || '''.375''' || '''.853''' || 1.7 || .5 || .3 || .2 || 5.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19 | style="text-align:left;"| Northwestern | 17 || 4 || 15.5 || .313 || .317 || .833 || 1.6 || .6 || .4 || .3 || 3.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20 | style="text-align:left;"| Quinnipiac | 30 || 16 || 24.0 || '''.394''' || .348 || .850 || 2.9 || .7 || '''.6''' || '''.5''' || 7.8 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 110 || 59 || 20.3 || .370 || .349 || .792 || 2.5 || .7 || .4 || .3 || 6.6 {{S-end}}

==Personal life== Aaron's brother is basketball player Tevin Falzon.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson |title=Spilar vonandi betur á Íslandi en hann gerði á móti Íslandi |url=https://www.visir.is/g/2020200109795/spilar-vonandi-betur-a-islandi-en-hann-gerdi-a-moti-islandi |accessdate=3 January 2020 |work=Vísir.is |date=3 January 2020 |language=Icelandic}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="nusports_7892">{{cite web |url=https://nusports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7892 |title=2018-19 Men's Basketball Roster |website=nusports.com}}</ref> }}

==External links== *[https://gobobcats.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=8104 Quinnipiac Bobcats bio] *[https://nusports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7892 Northwestern Wildcats bio]

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