MUNCIE — Some 66 years later, the 1954 state championship game between Milan and Muncie Central remains one of the most enthralling games in Indiana basketball history.

Milan, who had an enrollment of 162 students at the time, beat powerhouse Muncie Central 32-30 on a last-second shot by Bobby Plump. The story of that Milan season was further popularized in the 1986 film "Hoosiers" in which the fictional small-town Hickory High School prevailed to win the state championship.

Bob Collins wrote in the Indianapolis Star on March 21, 1954, that the game "was one of the greatest this state tourney ever has seen and the Butler Fieldhouse was a madhouse as the final gun sounded."

Film from that game has been restored by IHSAA Champions Network. A special screening of the contest will appear on IHSAAtv.org this Sunday at 5:05 p.m. following the 2020 boys pairings show, which begins at 3 p.m.

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"The Milan vs. Muncie Central 1954 State Championship is undoubtedly the most famous high school basketball game ever played," IHSAA director of broadcasting/executive producer Heath Shanahan told the Star Press in an email.

Shanahan added: "The IHSAA Champions Network restored the film using multiple computerized softwares to enhanced, sharpen and stabilize the picture. Game audio was a radio broadcast laid over the game film."

The restored footage features the cadence of Hilliard Gates. In the original footage, Shanahan said Gates' call "was almost indiscernible at times." With the updated film, the IHSAA Champions Network was able to verify that Gates was on the call and everything from "the floor at Hinkle, stripes on the officials shirt, numbers on the jerseys are clearer," according to Shanahan.

The afternoon game featuring Milan and Terre Haute Gerstmeyer is also in the process of being restored by the network. In his email, Shanahan also noted that if a 3-point line had existed, Muncie Central would have won 37-33, thanks to Jim Hind's three 3-pointers.

Robby General covers East Central Indiana high school sports at The Star Press. Contact him via email at rgeneral@gannett.com, on Twitter @rgeneraljr or by phone at 765-283-8864.