Andrew Nicholson tallied 39 points and 12 rebounds, and the Bay Area Dragons capitalized on the absence of June Mar Fajardo to rout San Miguel Beer 113-87 in the PBA Commissioner's Cup at Araneta Coliseum on Sunday.

Fajardo is expected to be out for a month after undergoing surgery for a throat injury.

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CJ Perez finished with 19 points to lead San Miguel, which dropped to 1-2.

Bay Area hiked its record to 5-1, a game behind undefeated Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots (4-0).

After Simon Enciso extended San Miguel's lead to 12-7, Bay Area limited the Beermen to just two field goals the rest of the first quarter, which led to a 21-5 run and a 28-17 lead by the Dragons entering the second.

Perez and San Miguel cut the deficit to 38-32 with 5 minutes left in the half, but Nicholson went on a personal 9-0 run, as the guest club erected a 58-30 lead at the break.

Bay Area at one point led by as many as 30 points.

Hayden Joel Blankley chipped in 17 points and 9 rebounds for the Dragons, who got back to winning after losing 111-93 Barangay Ginebra in their previous game.

"We didn't get physically manhandled," Bay Area coach coach Brian Goorjian said.

"We moved the ball a lot better and ... We learned from the (Ginebra) loss, which was nice to see, and we got better against a quality team."

Vic Manuel contributed 15 points for San Miguel, which couldn't get anything offensively from import Diamond Stone (11 points, 5-of-18 field-goal shooting, 14 rebounds.)