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Men's Basketball: Ohio eyeing three-game winning streak against 'tricky' Akron

Saul Phillips calls from the bench during a game against Western Michigan in the Convocation Center on Jan 19. Ohio won 82-64.

Pick up your fictional collegiate basketball thesaurus and look up "Ohio".

Under the antonyms you'll most likely see "Akron".

Ohio and Akron will matchup for the first time this season Tuesday night inside The Convo. The real storyline, though, is two teams succeeding in two contrasting ways.

While Ohio, who is looking to blaze through the Mid-American Conference with it's three-pronged offense of Jaaron Simmons, Kenny Kaminski and Antonio Campbell, is fresh off back-to-back conference wins for the first time in almost a year, Akron will look to utilize its third-ranked defense and 3-point shooting artillery to continue its four-game streak.