Former American high school star Lenny Cooke will miss the next six months of action for his basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association with a ruptured left Achilles tendon.

On Wednesday, Cooke injured the tendon in the third quarter of the Purefood TJ Hotdogs' 84-80 victory over the Coca Cola Tigers.

Cooke underwent surgery at St. Luke?s Hospital Thursday night to repair the damaged left ankle.

Purefood's coach Ryan Gregorio plans to bring in former Providence basketball player Troy Brown to replace Cooke as the team's import player.