ISTANBUL
Turkish basketball heavyweights Fenerbahce Ulker's playmaker guard Ricky Hickman will miss the rest of the season after sustaining an Achilles tendon rupture.
Hickman suffered the major injury in a Turkish Airlines Euroleague Top 16 win over Spanish side Unicaja Malaga on Thursday night.
According to a club statement on Friday, the 29-year-old U.S. guard will unable to play for the rest of this season.
Fenerbahce Ulker won against Unicaja Malaga 78-63 at the Ulker Sports Arena in Istanbul.
Last season Hickman helped former team Maccabi Electra win the Turkish Airlines Euroleague title.
