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ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) - Dylan Ennis scored 19 points while Darrun Hilliard and Daniel Ochefu combined for 10 in the decisive second-half run as No. 12 Villanova rallied for a 77-66 victory over Lehigh in both teams' season opener Friday night.

Ryan Arcidiacono added 16 for the Wildcats, who went 29-5 last season while winning the Big East regular season championship.

Austin Price scored 24 points and Tim Kempton had 15 for the Mountain Hawks, who went 14-18 in 2013-14. Kempton also had 10 rebounds.

Trailing 46-40 with 15:14 left, Villanova went on a 22-7 run that included points by six different players. Ochefu, who had four of his six points in the spurt, dropped in a hook shot with 10:44 left to give the Wildcats the lead for good, at 52-50.

Hilliard had six of his 10 points in the run, which saw Villanova take a 62-53 lead with eight minutes to play. The senior guard was making a homecoming, having played his high school ball at nearby Bethlehem Liberty. He shot just 4-for-18 from the floor, 1-for-9 from 3-point range.

The Mountain Hawks closed to 62-58 with 4:20 left on a 3-pointer by Price, but Villanova scored 14 of the next 16 points, six by Ennis, to pull away.

Villanova shot just 38 percent (27-for-71) from the field, including going 8 for 33 from behind the 3-point line. Lehigh shot 53 percent, but turned the ball over 23 times.

The Wildcats missed 11 of their first 13 shots from the floor and fell behind 14-9, as Kempton and Price scored four points apiece for the Mountain Hawks.

Villanova didn't take its first lead until backup guard Josh Hart dropped in a layup with 8:53 left in the half to make it 20-19, but Lehigh used an 8-0 run to surge back ahead moments later, 28-22. Kempton contributed a pair of baskets to that flurry.

The Wildcats answered by reeling off 10 straight points, six of those by Ennis, to take a 32-28 lead.

Villanova's advantage was 32-30 at halftime, but they shot just 30 percent (12-for-40) and missed 20 of their 23 3-point attempts. Arcadiacono led the Wildcats with nine points.

Kempton had 11 in the half for Lehigh, which countered 10 turnovers with 51.9-percent shooting.

Price then packed eight of his points into the first 3:10 of the second half, including two 3-pointers. Teammates Corey Schaefer and Miles Simelton also connected from the arc, giving Lehigh a 46-40 advantage with 15:14 left in the game.

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Pinkston finished with 11 points for Villanova, and Kris Jenkins scored nine off the bench. ... Price scored 17 of his points in the second half. ... It was the first college basketball game played in the PPL Center, which opened in September.

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Villanova hosts Maryland-Eastern Shore on Monday.

Lehigh hosts Canisius on Tuesday.