Penn State likely will lean on its newcomers Saturday afternoon when they take on Division I newcomer New Haven in West Haven, Conn.

Melih Tunca came off the bench to score 19 points on 7-of-11 shooting from the floor to pace the Nittany Lions to a season-opening 76-68 victory over Fairfield on Monday.

That was quite the debut for Tunca, who spent last season with Turk Telekom in the Turkish Basketball Super League.

"The pace was different. It's a quicker style of basketball, but I adjusted pretty quickly," he said. "This is the style of basketball that I like to play, so it was good," Tunca said.

Fellow freshman guard Kayden Mingo added 15 points and five rebounds to help Penn State (1-0) rally past the Stags.

"(Tunca and Mingo are) two pretty good players, right? They can handle the

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