Huskies lead Ball State at half

Senior quarterback Ross Bowers communicates with coaches Saturday during a match against Ball State University at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb.DeKALB — NIU’s football team leads the Ball State University Cardinals 17-3 at halftime at Huskie Stadium in the Battle for the Bronze Stalk.

Redshirt junior running back Tre Harbison has 123 rushing yards and a pair of touchdowns early for NIU. Rain that was forecasted before the game arrived in the second quarter.

Redshirt senior linebacker Antonio Jones-Davis came up with an interception on the first play of the game, with Harbison scoring a 19-yard touchdown in response.

Harbison scored another rushing touchdown early in the first and set up a 24-yard…