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AUBURN – Freshman Logan Green tossed the first complete game of her career to earn a 2-1 win over Purdue after the Jacksonville State softball team fell to host Auburn to split on Saturday at the Wilson/DeMarini Classic.

The Tigers (12-1-1) got five first-inning runs and never looked back in a 13-3 defeat of the Gamecocks (11-5), but JSU bounced back to down the Boilermakers (4-6-1). Green limited Purdue to just four hits to grab the third win of her young career.

At the plate, sophomore Ella Denes went 4-for-6 on the day with a pair of singles in each game. Senior Amanda Maldonado had two hits in five at bats, including a solo home run that got JSU on the board early in the win over Purdue.

The Gamecocks drew first blood in their second game of the day, using a solo home run from Maldonado to post a 1-0 lead over Purdue in the top of the second. The blast was Maldonado's third of the season and third in the last five games.

JSU got another one in the third, an inning that was started by Denes' second single of the game and her fourth of the day. A misplay in right allowed her to advance to second just before Taylor Sloan doubled her in to make it a 2-0 JSU advantage.

The Boilermakers cut the lead in half in the home half of the third, when an Andrew Paris leadoff double, Purdue's first hit of the game, set up a run-scoring single from Ashley Burkhardt.

The two put up zeroes the rest of the way, with Green working out of a jam in the final inning. After a pinch-hit double from Gabi Brown led off the frame, Green forced Kristen Hoppman to foul out and then got a game-ending double play. CJ Parsons bounced one back to the circle and Brown tried to advance on Green's throw to first. Maldonado fired across the infield to Kalee Tabor, who applied the final out at third after Brown over slid the bag.

Green (3-1) struck out three and walked three in seven innings in the circle, where she threw 109 pitches. Purdue's ace, Lily Fecho (3-3) was tagged with the loss after allowing two runs on five hits in seven innings. She struck out six and didn't issue a walk.

The Tigers grabbed the early lead in the first, when JSU starter Tiffany Harbin hit the first batter and walked the next to set up an RBI double from Kasey Cooper and a three-run home run from Branndi Melero that put AU on top 4-0. Casey Akenberger came in to relieve Harbin and gave up a solo shot to McKenzie Kilpatrick to give Auburn an early 5-0 advantage.

The Gamecocks got one back in the top of the second, thanks to a leadoff double from Cadi Oliver, who scored on a two-out single from Hayden Crawford. The Tigers stretched it in the third, however, with a three-run homer from Jade Rhodes that gave them an 8-1 lead.

The Tigers opened it up in the fourth, grabbing five more runs on a two-run double from Melero, a two-run single by Rhodes and an RBI ground out by Ashley Leon. JSU got two back in the top of the fifth on Oliver's second double of the game but fell 13-3.

Harbin (2-3) took the loss after allowing four runs on two hits and walk before leaving the game without recording an out. Akenberger pitched the final four innings and gave up nine runs on nine hits and three walks.

Hilary Maromat (1-0) earned the win after tossing all five innings, allowing three runs on eight hits in the process. She walked a pair.

The Gamecocks now take almost two weeks off before returning to the field on March 6 at the Coastal Carolina Chanticleer Challenge. They will take on the host Chanticleers in the first game at 4 p.m. CT in Myrtle Beach, S.C.