2019-20 Men's Basketball Roster
Roster
Farabello, Francisco

Jersey Number 3
Francisco Farabello
- Position:
- G
- Class:
- Freshman
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 183
- Hometown:
- Cañada de Gómez, Argentina
- High School:
- NBA Global Academy (Aus.)
Bio
2021-22 | JUNIOR SEASON
Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
Played in all 34 games and made six starts… Averaged 4.7 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game… Led TCU in 3-point shooting at 38.4 percent… Shot 41.8 percent from three in Big 12 games… Made six-straight 3-point attempts over three games… Went over 10 points twice, against Kansas State (2/5/22) with a career-high 14 points and at Oklahoma State (1/19/22) with 12 points.
2020-21 | SOPHOMORE SEASON
Played in nine games and made five starts… Playing time was severely limited due to COVID-19 protocol… Averaged 5.3 points, 1.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists… Scored a season-high 10 points against Tulsa (11/28/20)… Had seven assists and zero turnovers against Northwestern State (12/3/20)… Had 21 assists and only four turnovers for the season… Had a season-high five rebounds at Kansas State (1/2/21)… Was the team’s most accurate 3-point shooter at 44.8 percent (13-of-29).
2019-20 | FRESHMAN SEASON
Played in 30 games and made seven starts… Averaged 3.7 points, 1.4 rebounds and 2.2 assists… Scored 10 or more points twice including a season-high 11 against Air Force (11/18/19)… Led the team in assists six times and had a season-high seven assists against Louisiana (11/12/19)… Recorded a season-high four steals against Wyoming (11/26/19)… Made multiple 3-pointers in a game seven times… Made a season-high three 3-pointers against Air Force (11/18/19).
PREP CAREER
Earned a four-star rating by 247Sports.com, a national ranking of 105 and ranked as the 10th best point guard in the class… Joined the NBA Global Academy in Canberra, Australia in July of 2017… During the 2018 season he averaged 7.1 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.9 assists while shooting 49.0 percent from the field and 48.3 percent from 3-point range… Represented his home country of Argentina at the FIBA U19 World Cup in the summer of 2019 in Crete, Greece… Averaged 6.4 points, 3.7 rebounds and 4.0 assists and helped Argentina finish in 11th place… Played for Argentina in the FIBA U18 Americas Championship in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada and averaged 8.3 points, 5.3 assists and 4.3 rebounds per game while helping Argentina win the gold medal… Played in the FIBA U17 World Championships in 2016 in Zaragoza, Spain and averaged 5.1 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.0 assists… Participated in Basketball Without Borders Americas 2017 in Nassau Bahamas and the Basketball Without Borders Global Camp at NBA All-Star 2018 in Los Angeles… Participated in the NCAA’s first Next Generation Sunday event at the 2018 Men’s Final Four.
PERSONAL
Born Nov. 1, 2000 in Olavarria, Argentina... Son of Daniel Farabello and Maria Peralta… Moved to Italy at a young age before moving back to Cañada de Gómez, Argentina... First visited the United States when he was one year old and returned a second time when he was 11 for a family vacation.
Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
Played in all 34 games and made six starts… Averaged 4.7 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game… Led TCU in 3-point shooting at 38.4 percent… Shot 41.8 percent from three in Big 12 games… Made six-straight 3-point attempts over three games… Went over 10 points twice, against Kansas State (2/5/22) with a career-high 14 points and at Oklahoma State (1/19/22) with 12 points.
2020-21 | SOPHOMORE SEASON
Played in nine games and made five starts… Playing time was severely limited due to COVID-19 protocol… Averaged 5.3 points, 1.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists… Scored a season-high 10 points against Tulsa (11/28/20)… Had seven assists and zero turnovers against Northwestern State (12/3/20)… Had 21 assists and only four turnovers for the season… Had a season-high five rebounds at Kansas State (1/2/21)… Was the team’s most accurate 3-point shooter at 44.8 percent (13-of-29).
2019-20 | FRESHMAN SEASON
Played in 30 games and made seven starts… Averaged 3.7 points, 1.4 rebounds and 2.2 assists… Scored 10 or more points twice including a season-high 11 against Air Force (11/18/19)… Led the team in assists six times and had a season-high seven assists against Louisiana (11/12/19)… Recorded a season-high four steals against Wyoming (11/26/19)… Made multiple 3-pointers in a game seven times… Made a season-high three 3-pointers against Air Force (11/18/19).
PREP CAREER
Earned a four-star rating by 247Sports.com, a national ranking of 105 and ranked as the 10th best point guard in the class… Joined the NBA Global Academy in Canberra, Australia in July of 2017… During the 2018 season he averaged 7.1 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.9 assists while shooting 49.0 percent from the field and 48.3 percent from 3-point range… Represented his home country of Argentina at the FIBA U19 World Cup in the summer of 2019 in Crete, Greece… Averaged 6.4 points, 3.7 rebounds and 4.0 assists and helped Argentina finish in 11th place… Played for Argentina in the FIBA U18 Americas Championship in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada and averaged 8.3 points, 5.3 assists and 4.3 rebounds per game while helping Argentina win the gold medal… Played in the FIBA U17 World Championships in 2016 in Zaragoza, Spain and averaged 5.1 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.0 assists… Participated in Basketball Without Borders Americas 2017 in Nassau Bahamas and the Basketball Without Borders Global Camp at NBA All-Star 2018 in Los Angeles… Participated in the NCAA’s first Next Generation Sunday event at the 2018 Men’s Final Four.
PERSONAL
Born Nov. 1, 2000 in Olavarria, Argentina... Son of Daniel Farabello and Maria Peralta… Moved to Italy at a young age before moving back to Cañada de Gómez, Argentina... First visited the United States when he was one year old and returned a second time when he was 11 for a family vacation.
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