Abria Trice joined the Barry women's basketball staff for the 2024-25 season.
Trice spent two seasons at NCAA Division II Lander University in Greenwood, S.C. She helped the head coach turn the Bearcats around from an 8-19 team in 2022-23 to a 19-11 squad that reached the Peachbelt Conference Tournament semifinals. Senior guard WyKira Johnson-Kelly was named First-Team All-Southeast Region and All-PBC First Team after averaging 17.5 points, 6.1 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game.
Trice came to Greenwood after spending the last two years at Greensboro College as the assistant coach for the Pride under current Buccaneer head coach Heather Macy. During the 2021-22 season, Trice was a part of a staff that helped coach the Pride to a program-best 25-2 record with a conference record of 17-1, earning them the USA South Regular Season Title. Trice mentored two All-USA South First Team players in Lauren Livingston and TaKeria Legette. The Pride finished in the top 10 of scoring offenses nationally, at over 84 points per game, as well as ninth nationally in scoring margin (24.4 points) and 13th nationally in field goal percentage (34.2 percent).
Before coaching in Greensboro, Trice played professionally overseas in Finland (Vimpelin Veto) during the 2019-2020 season where she was named Player of the Week for round 11 and was Vive’s top player. Trice also finished the season as the league’s third highest scorer with 21.1 points per game while adding 1.7 blocks and 2.1 steals per contest. Prior to playing in Finland, Mixed in her professional career was a stint as an Operations Manager with the Atlanta Dream in the Summer of 2019. Additionally, Trice also previously played professionally in Belgium, Switzerland and Luxembourg where she was selected to the Eurobasket.com All-Belgian League Second Team (2018), Eurobasket.com All-Swiss SBL Honorable Mention (2017), and Eurobasket.com Luxembourg League All-Imports Team (2016).
Before playing internationally, Trice was the head JV girl's basketball coach and assistant varsity girl's basketball coach at her alma mater, Dutchtown High School in Hampton, Ga.
Trice played for Macy at East Carolina from 2012-15, leading the Pirates to the WNIT. During that time, Trice was the Pirates’ leading scorer and helped guide the team to consecutive 22-win seasons. Additionally, Trice was named Second Team All-Conference USA and was awarded the Most Valuable Pirate Award, while being named to the NCCSIA All-State Women’s Basketball Second Team after averaging 15.2 points per game.
Before transferring to ECU, Trice played at UNC Wilmington 2010-12 under former Olympic Gold Medalist and Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) Most Valuable Player, Cynthia Cooper-Dyke, while making two consecutive postseason appearances in the WNIT.
For her career, she scored 1,196 points, grabbed 454 rebounds, and dished out 116 assists in 122 games.
She graduated from East Carolina University in 2015 with her bachelor's in communications. She also earned her master's degree from Grand Canyon University in 2023 in psychology.
