He was named Atlantic 10 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year in 2016, becoming the first Hawk to receive the honor since Ahmad Nivins in 2009.

Bembry attended Rocky River High School in Mint Hill, North Carolina before transferring to St. Patrick High School in Elizabeth, New Jersey where he averaged 21.8 points and 9.0 rebounds as a senior, earning a New Jersey All-State First Team selection and being named the 2013 Union County Player of the Year.

[2] As a freshman, Bembry won the Atlantic-10 Rookie of the Year award and helped lead the Saint Joseph's Hawks to their first NCAA Tournament berth since 2008 by winning the conference championship.

The team also featured future NBA guard Langston Galloway as well as Ronald Roberts and Halil Kanacević.

[4] He made his NBA debut in the Hawks' 114–99 season-opening win over the Washington Wizards on October 27, 2016, recording two points and one rebound in two minutes off the bench.

[12] On April 8, Bembry was suspended for one game for leaving the bench during an altercation between the Raptors and the Los Angeles Lakers.

[15] On November 27, Bembry scored a season high 18 points, alongside grabbing 9 rebounds, in a 113–107 loss to the Phoenix Suns.

[21][22] Two weeks before the 2016 NBA draft, Bembry's younger brother, Adrian, was shot and killed outside of an apartment building in Charlotte, trying to break up a fight.