WALTHAM, Mass. – Joemel McNair was one point of a shy of a game-high in his collegiate debut, netting 16 in the USciences men's basketball team's season-opening 96-59 loss at Bentley on Friday night.

The redshirt-freshman made 7-of-15 field goals, including two of his three 3-point attempts, while also leading the Devils with four rebounds.

Graduate-student Austin Kennedy was also in double-figures in his USciences debut, scoring 13 on 5-10 field goals and 3-of-5 3-pointers.

Sean Simon added 11, making 3-of-6 from beyond the arc to move into 10th in program history with 119 career trifectas.

University of the Sciences made an efficient 10-of-21 from deep, but were just 14-of-41 from inside the arc, while Bentley shot 55.7 percent (39-of-70).

Jordan Davidson made the first basket of the game, but it was all Falcons from there as they scored next 18 points and would lead by double-digits the remainder of the night.

Matthew McCaffrey (seven points), Tommy Gardler (three) and Darryl Brown Jr. (three) joined McNair in scoring their first career points in the collegiate debuts, while Zachary Foley and Jaakko Juusela also experienced their first collegiate action.

University of the Sciences begins a three-game home-stand on Wednesday, hosting Pace for its home-opener at 7 p.m.